A New Digital Tool for Looking at Bruegel | The Getty Iris

"InsideBruegel.net provides free access to high-resolution digital images of key Bruegel paintings within the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM) collection. It was produced in conjunction with KHM’s major exhibition Bruegel (on view October 2, 2018–January 13, 2019), the first-ever monographic show dedicated to the artist and a commemoration of the 450th anniversary of his death.

Much like the web tool Closer to Van Eyck, Inside Bruegel stems from the Getty Foundation’s Panel Paintings Initiative, a decade-long effort to train a new generation of panel paintings conservators. Funding that supported training residencies associated with the structural research and technical study of KHM’s Bruegel paintings also provided an opportunity for further investigation and documentation.

The result is a new resource that promises to delight scholars and art lovers alike. Users can zoom into Bruegel’s carefully considered details, and apply imaging filters such as infrared reflectography and X-radiography to see underdrawings, structural modifications, pigments used by the artist, and more...."