ABEL GRIMMER Abel Grimmer (1570-1620) - Flemish old master Abel Grimmer was the son of landscape artist Jacob Grimmer. - Art historian Giorgio Vasari considered Jacob one of the greatest landscape painters of his time. - Grimmer was a Flemish late Renaissance painter, mainly of landscapes and, to a lesser extent, of architectural paintings. A favourite theme of Abel Grimmer was the Tower of Babel of which he produced several versions, clearly inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's treatment of the same subject. The subject is taken from the Book of Genesis 11:1-9. This narrates the story of the decision to build a city and a tower reaching into the heavens. (Wikipedia) The Lost Castle 2

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