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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Peasant Dance, oil on wood by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1568; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Also known as: Boeren Breughel, Boeren Bruegel, Boeren Brueghel, Peasant Bruegel, Pieter Breughel de Oudere, Pieter Bruegel de Oudere, Pieter Brueghel, Pieter Brueghel de Oudere, Pieter Brueghel, the Elder
Quick Facts
- Byname:
- Peasant Bruegel
- Dutch:
- Pieter Bruegel De Oudere or Boeren Bruegel, Bruegel
- Also spelled:
- Brueghel or Breughel
- Born:
- c. 1525, probably Breda, duchy of Brabant [now in the Netherlands]
- Died:
- Sept. 5/9, 1569, Brussels [now in Belgium]
- Movement / Style:
- Flemish art
- Notable Family Members:
- son Pieter Bruegel II the Younger
- son Jan Bruegel, the Elder
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder (born c. 1525, probably Breda, duchy of Brabant [now in the Netherlands]—died Sept. 5/9, 1569, Brussels [now in Belgium]) was the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century, whose landscapes and vigorous, often witty scenes of peasant life are particularly renowned. Since Bruegel signed and dated many of his works, his artistic evolution can be traced from the early landscapes, in which he shows affinity with the Flemish 16th-century landscape tradition, to his last works, which are Italianate. He exerted a strong influence on painting in the Low Countries, and through his sons Jan and Pieter ...(100 of 1892 words)
