The Tower of Babel (Vienna) — Pieter Bruegel the Elder Fine Art Poster
The Tower of Babel (Vienna) — Pieter Bruegel the Elder Fine Art Poster
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The Story in the Margin
Painted in 1563, this monumental version of “The Tower of Babel” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569) shows the vast, unfinished tower dwarfing the city and workers around it, a sweeping vision of human ambition and its biblical downfall. Bruegel filled the scene with hundreds of tiny, meticulously observed figures — masons, cranes and scaffolding — turning the story of humanity's failed reach for heaven into an engineering epic. The painting hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
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This was packed carefully and showed up without a mark on it. The detail in The Tower of Babel holds up from a couple of feet away.
This turned out better than the photos led me to expect. The subject of The Tower of Babel is what sold me, and it delivers. The tracking updated at every step, which I always appreciate. I would recommend it to a friend.
So glad it found the right spot in your house. Thanks for the kind words. Ines
My mother liked hers so much that I ordered one too. The brushwork in The Tower of Babel shows exactly why Bruegel has the reputation. One very happy customer here…
I have bought a lot of art online and this is the first time it looked exactly like the listing. Every line in The Tower of Babel is crisp, even in the busiest areas. It has become the thing I point to when people compliment the house. The size is exactly right for the spot I had in mind.
The detail is genuinely impressive for what I paid. It brought The Tower of Babel into the house at a price I could actually justify.