The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Bruegel)

Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Year 1562[1]
Type Oil on panel
Dimensions 117 cm × 162 cm (46 in × 64 in)
Location Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Fall of the Rebel Angels is an oil-on-panel art piece painted in 1562 by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting is 117cm x 162cm (46 inches by 64 inches) and is currently held in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. The Fall of Rebel Angels depicts Lucifer along with the other fallen angels that have been banished from heaven. Angels are falling from the sun in a stacked manner along with ungodly creatures that Bruegel created.[2] This piece by Bruegel was previously thought to be a Hieronymus Bosch piece. Bruegel was influenced by a variety of artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Frans Floris I, and Hieronymus Bosch. He also got ideas for the creation of his creatures in his previous works, such as The Last Judgement.