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'''Pieter Bruegel the Elder''' (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] and printmaker. He was the first in a family of Flemish painters.

'''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]].

''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]