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Pieter Brueghel (1525-69), usually known as Pieter Brueghel the Elder to distinguish him from his elder son, was the first in a family of Flemish painters.
You'll often find his name spelled as Bruegel (Pieter spelled it like that from 1559 onwards) or Breugel or Breughel.
Please click on the small image to load the larger one. The first title is in Dutch, then the translation into English.
He was born in Breda in the Duchy of Brabant, which is now part of The Netherlands but back then part of the Flanders.
Note: Flanders or Vlaanderen and the Netherlands (aka known as Holland) or Nederland share the same language. It's called Flemish, or "Vlaams" in Belgium and Dutch, or "Nederlands" in The Netherlands. And the name Holland, although it's often taken to mean the whole of the Netherlands, is really part of that country only, the area of the provinces called Zuid Holland and Noord Holland (South and North Holland).
Brueghel was accepted as a master in the Antwerp painters' guild in 1551, after being an apprentice of Coecke van Aelst, a leading Antwerp artist, sculptor, architect, and designer of tapestry and stained glass. Brueghel traveled to Italy in 1551 or 1552, completing a number of paintings, mostly landscapes, there. Returning home in 1553, he settled in Antwerp but ten years later moved permanently to Brussels. He married van Aelst's daughter, Mayken, in 1563. His paintings, including his landscapes and scenes of peasant life, stress the absurd and vulgar, yet are full of zest and fine detail. They also expose human weaknesses and follies. He was sometimes called the Peasant Brueghel.
But it was in nature that he found his greatest inspiration. His mountain landscapes have few parallels in European
art. Popular in his own day, his works have remained consistently popular. Brueghel died in Brussels on Sept. 9, 1569.
Boerenbruiloftsdans Peasant Wedding Dance 1566 119 x 157 cm Wood panel Institute of Arts Detroit, U.S. | 
Vogelknip Winter Landscape with Bird Trap 1565 38 x 56 cm Oil on wood panel Musée des Beaux-Arts, (Museum van Schone Kunsten) Brussels, Belgium | 
Volkstelling Te Bethlehem Census at Bethlehem 1566 115.5 x 164.5 cm Wood panel Musée des Beaux-Arts, (Museum van Schone Kunsten) Brussels, Belgium |
Saul (aka Slag Tegen De Filistijnen Op De Gilboa) Saul (aka Battle Against The Filistines On The Gilboa) 1562 33.5 x 55 cm Wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria | 
Twee Aapjes Two Small Monkeys 1562 20 x 23 cm Wood panel Staaliche Museen, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany | 
Aanbidding Der Wijzen In De Sneeuw Adoration Of The Kings In The Snow 1567 35 x 55 cm Wood panel Oskar Reinhart Collection Winterthur, Germany |
Prediking Van Johannes De Doper Preaching Of John The Baptist 1566 95 x 160.5 cm Wood panel Beaux Arts Museum Budapest | 
Bekering Van Paulus Conversion Of Paulus 1567 108 x 156 cm Wood panel Kunsthistorishes Museum Wien (Vienna), Austria | 
Het Luilekkerland Land Of Milk And Honey 1567 52 x 78 cm Wood panel Alte Pinakothek Munchen (Munich), Germany |
Boerenkermis Peasant Fair probably 1567 114 x 164 cm Oil on wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria | 
De Bedelaars (aka De Kreupelen) The Beggars (aka The Cripples) 1568 18 x 21.5 cm Wood panel Louvre, Paris, France | 
Boerenbruiloft Peasant Wedding probably 1567 114 x 163 cm Oil on wood panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Wien), Austria |
Spreekwoorden (De Blauwe Huik) Proverbs (aka Blue Cloak) 1559 117.5 x 163.5 cm Oil on wood panel Staatliche Museen, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany | 
Strijd Tussen Vasten En Vastenavond Fight Between Carnival and Lent 1559 118 x 164.5 cm Oil on wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria | 
Kinderspelen Children's Games 1560 118 x 161 cm Oil on wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria |
Vlucht Naar Egypte Flight To Egypt 1563 32.2 x 55.5 cm Wood panel Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, U.K. | 
Val Van Icarus Fall of Icarus 73.5 x 112 cm Oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts (Museum van Schone Kunsten) Brussels, Belgium Some experts say this is not a Brueghel The Elder, may be painted by his son? Date - 1555? Others say the last painting he ever made | 
This is probably not a Pieter Brueghel The Elder Wood panel National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., U.S.A. |
Hooioogst (Juni-Juli) Hay-Harvest (June-July) 1565 Part of 'The 12 Months' 114 x 158 cm Wood panel National Museum, Prague, Chechoslovakia | 
Oogst (Aug.-Sept.) Harvest 1565 Part of 'The 12 Months' 117 x 160 cm Wood panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A. | 
Terugkeer Van De Kudde (Oct.-Nov.) Return Of The Herd 1565 Part of 'The 12 Months' 117 x 159 cm Wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria |
Jagers In De Sneeuw (Dec.-Jan.) Hunters in the Snow 1565 Part of 'The 12 Months' 117 x 162 cm Wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Wien), Austria | 
Sombere Dag (Feb.-Ma.) Gloomy Day 1565 Part of 'The 12 Months' 117 x 162 cm Wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria | The Sixth Panel, April-May, is missing. |
Kruisdraging Procession to Calvary 1564 124 x 170 cm Oil on wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Wien), Austria | 
Moord Op De Onnozele Kinderen Massacre of the Innocents 1565, approx. Wood panel 109.2 x 154.9 cm Hampton Court, U.K. 116 x 160 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria Right, several of them - which is the original? Most say the one in the U.K. | 
Dulle Griet Mad Meg 1562 (or 1563) 117.4 x 162 cm Oil on wood panel Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp, Belgium |
Toren Van Babel Tower of Babel 1563 114 x 155 cm Oil on wood panel Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria | 
Val Der Opstandige Engelen Fall of the Rebel Angels 1562 117 x 162 cm Wood panel Musée des Beaux-Arts, (Museum van Schone Kunsten) Brussels, Belgium | 
Kleine Toren Van Babel Small Tower of Babel 1563 60 x 74.5 cm Oil on wood panel Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Aanbidding Der Wijzen Adoration of the Kings 1564 111 x 83.5 cm Wood panel National Gallery, London, U.K. | 
Triomf Van De Dood Triumph of Death 1562, approx. 117 x 162 cm Oil on wood panel Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain | 
Parabel Van De Blinden Parabel Of The Blind 1568 86 x 156 cm Waterpaint on canvas Museo Nazionale, Napoli (Napels), Italy |
Grote Vissen Eten De Kleine Large Fish Eat Small Fish 1556 Pen and grey-black ink 216 x 302 cm Albertina, Vienna (Vien), Austria | 
Schilder En Kenner Painter and Connoisseur 1565, approx. 25 x 21.6 cm. Pen and brown ink Albertina Vienna (Vien), Austria | 
Ezel Op School Ass at School 1556 Pen and Black Ink 232 x 302 cm Kupferstichkabinett Staatliche Museen Berlin, Germany |
