File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (Vienna) - Google Art Project - edited.jpg

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Artist	Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569) Alternative names Pieter Breugel, Pieter Breughel, Pieter Brueghel, Peasant Brueghel Description Southern Netherlandish painter, draughtsman and printmaker Date of birth/death between 1526 and 1530 9 September 1569 Location of birth/death Brueghel, Breda (?) Brussels Work location Antwerp (1551–1563), Italy (1553), Brussels (1563–1569) Authority control WorldCat Details of artist on Google Art Project
Title	Tower of Babel
Object type	Painting
Date	1563
Medium	oil on panel
Dimensions	Height: 1,140 mm (44.88 in). Width: 1,550 mm (61.02 in).
Current location	Kunsthistorisches Museum Native name Kunsthistorisches Museum Location Vienna, Austria Coordinates 48° 12′ 13.18″ N, 16° 21′ 40.96″ E    Established 1872-1891 Website http://khm.at/en
	Level First Floor ( Details of level on Google Art Project) room Picture Gallery, Hall X ( Details of room on Google Art Project)
Accession number	GG 1026
Object history	Collection of Emperor Rudolf II.
Notes	Deutsch: Sogenannter Großer Turmbau zu Babel, vgl. Version in Rotterdam. Signatur: Bez. unten auf einem Quader: BRVEGEL. FE. M.CCCCC.LXIII Inv.-Nr. GG_1026 Provenienz: 1566 Nicolaas Jongelinck; wohl 1566 in den Besitz der Stadt Antwerpen übergegangen; Rudolf II.; Slg. Leopold Wilhelm
Source/Photographer	Levels adjusted from File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Tower_of_Babel_(Vienna)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg, originally from Google Art Project.

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