Pieter Bruegel d.y.

Variant namesauktoriserad namnform: Pieter Bruegel d.y.

DatesBiographical dates: 1564 - 1638 Dead: dead 1638 Born: born 1564

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BiographyBiography: Pieter Brueghel II , also called “Hell-Breugel” painted landscapes and genre paintings. He was the eldest son of Pieter Breugel I and the brother of Jan Brueghel I. In Antwerp he was a pupil of Gillis van Coninxloo and in 1585 he became a master in the city’s Guild of St. Luke. His pupils were his son, Pieter III, Frans Snyders and Joos de Momper. On the death of his father Pieter II inherited numerous paintings which he then copied and imitated.

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