Pieter Brueghel The Younger: An Intimate Encounter

Beginning on Sunday, August 26, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) unveils a never-before-seen small exhibition of paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger. The famed painting, Netherlandish Proverbs, is included in this first viewing on the East Coast. Among the other works are Seven Acts of Mercy, The Wedding Dance, Peasants Merrymaking and The Bird Trap. The exhibition is sponsored by the Belgian Tourist Office - Flanders Region and David Lerner Associates; it is supported in part by Astoria Federal Savings.

In conjunction with this exhibition, on Saturday, September 29, NCMA is presenting Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century Flemish Culture, the first in a series of Humanities Symposia devoted to themes that arise in coming exhibi-tions at the museum. The September 29 keynote speaker is Wolfgang Mieder, Ph.D., Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont. Watch our website, nassaumuseum.com, for further details. For information about the Bel-gium Tourist Office's sponsorship of this exhibition, log onto visitbelgium.com.

Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Rd.) in Roslyn Harbor. Hours are 11 am to 4:45 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Admission to the main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building, is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62+) and $4 for children; includes admission to the Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum. There is a $2 parking fee on weekends (members free). The Museum Shop and Red Room gallery are open all museum hours. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.com.