Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; c.– 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings.
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Pieter Bruegel 1525 Breda, Habsburg Netherlands ?_|_Breda, Habsburg Netherlands ?
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9 September 1569 (aged 44) Brussels, Southern Netherlands [now Belgium]
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