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Pieter Bruegel the Younger

Type Figure Region Netherlands Time 1564–1638 Also known as Pieter Bruegel the Younger、Hell Bruegel、地狱勃鲁盖尔、Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Pieter Bruegel the Younger (1564–1638) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, active in Antwerp and Brussels.…

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  1. 1564–1580Antwerp · FlandersBorn in Antwerp in 1564, he was raised by his grandmother after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder died young. Trained in the family workshop and the Antwerp painters' guild, between the 1560s and 1570s he learned the basic techniques of copying his father's works and composing genre scenes.
  2. 1585–1638Antwerp · FlandersRegistered as an independent painter in the late 1580s, he long operated a studio in Antwerp, famous for copies and variants of subjects such as The Peasant Wedding and Hunters in the Snow. He also painted hellish and allegorical scenes; his works sold across Europe, extending the influence of the Bruegel school into the 17th century.

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