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Pieter Brueghel the Younger

1564 - 1636

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Pieter Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Younger ( BROY-gəl, also US: BROO-gəl; Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl] ; between 23 May and 10 October 1564 – between March and May 1638) was a Flemish painter known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's work, as well as original compositions and Bruegelian pastiches. The large output of his studio (some 1,400 pictures exist with plausible links to Brueghel and his shop), which produced for the local and export market, contributed to the international spread of his father's imagery. Traditionally Pieter Brueghel the Younger has been nicknamed "de helse Brueghel" or "Hellish Brueghel" because it was believed he was the author of several paintings with fantastic depictions of fire and grotesque imagery. These paintings have now been attributed to his brother Jan Brueghel the Elder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the 114th most popular painter (down from 111th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 34th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Painter.

Pieter Brueghel the Younger is most famous for his paintings of peasant life in Flanders.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 114 out of 2,023. Before him are Jacob van Ruisdael, Apelles, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Georges de La Tour, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, and Pontormo. After him are Yayoi Kusama, Simone Martini, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Francis Bacon, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 4. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, and William Adams. After him are Christopher Marlowe, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Federico Borromeo. Among people deceased in 1636, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 1. After him are Date Masamune, Santorio Santorio, Mulla Sadra, Dong Qichang, Sendivogius, Stefano Maderno, John Albert II, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Iskandar Muda, Gregorio Fernández, and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 43 out of 1,190. Before him are Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Georges Lemaître (1894), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Jacques Brel (1929), and Hergé (1907). After him are Henri La Fontaine (1854), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), and Herman Van Rompuy (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 6. Before him are Jan van Eyck (1395), Anthony van Dyck (1599), René Magritte (1898), Frans Hals (1582), and Rogier van der Weyden (1390). After him are Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Quentin Matsys (1466), and Hubert van Eyck (1366).

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