Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564 – 1638)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger was born in Brussels, the oldest son of painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
• His father died in 1569, when Pieter the younger was only five years old.
• In 1588 Pieter married Elisabeth Goddelet.
• The couple had seven children.
• One son called Pieter Brueghel III was also a painter.
• He is known for numerous copies after his father's work as well as his original compositions.
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger operated a large studio in Antwerp which produced mainly inexpensive copies of his father's work for local sale and export.
• One of the most frequently copied works was the Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Bird-trap.
• This work was reproduced by Pieter Brueghel the Younger and his workshop at least 60 times.
• Another popular work of Pieter the Elder was the Adoration of the Magi in the Snow of which Pieter Brueghel the Younger and his workshop produced about 30 copies.
• He had at least 9 pupils including Frans Snyders and Andries Daniels.
• He died in Antwerp, aged 72.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Pieter Brueghel the Younger, The tax collector’s office.
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