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'''Pieter Bruegel the Elder''' (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] and printmaker. From 1559 he dropped the "h" from his name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel'''. He was the first in a family (Brueghel) of Flemish painters; father of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]].

'''Pieter Bruegel the Elder''' (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] and printmaker; considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century. From 1559 he dropped the "h" from his name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel''' (his sons retained the "h" in the spelling of their names). He was the first in a family (Brueghel) of Flemish painters; father of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]].

 

Bruegel is best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes.  

''Though he was sometimes called "Peasant" Bruegel, due to the common folk with which he populated his genre paintings, Bruegel himself was a sophisticated city-dweller who had traveled to Italy. His seemingly simple scenes of everyday life are full of commentary on the religious controversies of his time.'' [http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesbb/p/bruegel_elder.htm Artist Profile by Shelley Esaak]

''Though he was sometimes called "Peasant" Bruegel, due to the common folk with which he populated his genre paintings, Bruegel himself was a sophisticated city-dweller who had traveled to Italy. His seemingly simple scenes of everyday life are full of commentary on the religious controversies of his time.'' [http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesbb/p/bruegel_elder.htm Artist Profile by Shelley Esaak]

== See also ==

== See also ==

[[File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder- Storm at Sea - detail.JPG|thumb|Storm at Sea - detail.]]

[[File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder- Storm at Sea - detail.JPG|thumb|Storm at Sea - detail.]]