This exhibition shows the print production in the Southern Netherlands in the age of Bruegel. His graphic oeuvre is just a tip of the iceberg. Not every print was made as a work of art, some were made as news prints or political messages. The increasing production and rising popularity of of prints in the sixteenth century is not only an artistic accomplishment.
The exhibition is curated by Joris Van Grieken and Maarten Bassens.
Pieter Van der Borcht (published by Philips Galle), Allegory of the Difficulty of Good Government, ca. 1578
Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels
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