Abel Grimmer (c. 1570–c. 1620)

• Was a Flemish late Renaissance painter.
• He is known mainly for landscapes and, to a lesser extent, of architectural paintings.
• He learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Jacob Grimmer.
• His father Jacob Grimmer had established a name for himself by imitating the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder on small panel pictures and selling these on the market at low prices.
• 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.
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