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The Deacon of Rous / Charles L. Dana.

Les estampes de Peter Brvegel l'ancien / par René van Bastelaer.

Bruegel : defining a dynasty / Amy Orrock.

De eed van meester oom. Een voorbeeld van Brabantse jokkernij uit Bruegels tijd / door R.H. Marijnissen.

Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome (Brueghel's syndrome). A variant of adult-onset torsion dystonia? / C.D. Marsden.

An alchemist. Oil painting after Pieter Bruegel.

The parable of the blind leading the blind: six blind men walk in a line, the leader trips over, the second stumbles over him, the rest are set to follow. Process print after by P. Bruegel the elder, 1568.

Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.

Purgatory. Etching by E. Henne after P. Bruegel the elder.

The blind leading the blind. Oil painting after Pieter Bruegel.

A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.

A man plays the bagpipes as people dance in the village street. Etching after P. Bruegel.

A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.

One man sits over a cooking pot on the fire while a group of men all grab at the contents of a dish on the table and a woman and a child sit in a type of cradle. Process print after van H. Hondius after Pieter Bruegel the elder.

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Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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Images by Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.

Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.

A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.

One man sits over a cooking pot on the fire while a group of men all grab at the contents of a dish on the table and a woman and a child sit in a type of cradle. Process print after van H. Hondius after Pieter Bruegel the elder.