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"'l1larlal>lC f"",.bout Pi",,,, Bruegel is ]'I'ntin the printrt. nd G(~tzius the eng""· .....

tha' .fte, " ,,,,,lIing nIL-n,i,'ciy in lral)· So i, would be ~ mistake to conlU", him with One

he returned fmnc t" then "'<IDne wor k of his I",.,..nt figu"'s,

in an unahe",d Flemish style. Ilis l tolian lie hegan p'inting c<,mpHa,j,'<:ly h,e,

sie,chbo"b were lUll of the g",nd<.." of thl: Pn"",'br ,h'es frum 1558. It «:t. I",,,ern f,.

All''' ",th~, th.n col,;es of Renai"'an"" ~rt. combining ,cal ism and imagina,inn, dnu],tlc;;s

H'''''gd the Elder .. "1< nidrnam"] '1'<"1<.nt" inspi,,,] by Hosch, Simil~rly. H,ucgel".

he""u.., he liked to go in di'gui", ~mnng ch~r1C,erS nftcn po,n' to mo",l. and m,ke

o"linary worung 1><'(JI~e, lIe ""1< actu:t Dy One s:niric~1 oh",,,,.,i<-.,,, On lill:" ahl>:,ugh Hmegel"s

o f ~ glllup of di'tinguished Flemi,h hwnani,tS, apl" ' '''c]' is '" ther ,m'" gentle tha n Hosch' •.

which included the geog"'pher Ondus, also "Iru ... " robust ='1, tions an: Th< PilD of ,b,