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"Gillis Mostaert was a contemporary of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and painted according to his tradition. The Feast of St George is a good example of this. This fair was held in the week of the Feast of St George and was extremely popular for many ye...

Market Scene by Gillis Mostaert in 1579. Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. ...

Town scene from prologue page of The Life of Charlemagne. Transcript of text (detected): "Prologue of the author: The deeds of the ancients should be willingly read, studied, and increasingly remembered, for they can be of value and serve as a g...

The title at the top reads "WIIS MARIA," which suggests the city depicted is likely Wismar, a historic Hanseatic city in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea. The depiction of the Baltic Sea (Maris Baltici), confirms a coastal location. ...