• The Suicide of Saul is an oil-on-panel by the Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1562. It is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum...
  • This biblical story describes the battle between Israelites and Philistines on Mount Gilboa which ends in the defeat and suicide of King Saul (to the left in the picture).
  • The artwork’s execution showcases Bruegel’s skill in conveying narrative through detailed and complex compositions, creating not just a moment in time, but a broad...
  • The Suicide of Saul was painted by the Netherlandish Renaissance painter and engraver Peter Bruegel the Elder (1525–1569), one of the Bruegel dynasty of...
  • Pieter Brueghel the Elder: The Suicide of Saul wikidata:Q3976754 reasonator:Q3976754.
  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder art, The Suicide of Saul. Click on the image to enlarge.
  • Edit attribution Download full size: 4200×2459 px (3,0 Mb) Painter: Pieter Brueghel The Elder.
  • The inscription identifies the subject as the rarely represented scene of the suicide of Saul after his defeat by the Philistines.
  • The Suicide of Saul is an oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1562.