Pieter Bruegel the Younger (1564-1636)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• Known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's work.
• The large output of his studio (some 1,400 pictures exist with plausible links to Brueghel and his shop), contributed to the international spread of his father's imagery.
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger painted landscapes, religious subjects, proverbs, and village scenes.
• It is not known exactly when Brueghel established his own independent studio following his Guild matriculation – his first surviving dated painting comes from several years later, in 1593.
• The precise date of Brueghel's death is not known.
• His name appears in the register of Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in a section recording funerary debts for the year 1638, indicating that he died during the Guild year 1637–38.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Anthony van Dyck, Pieter Breughel the Younger, early 17th century.
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