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Pieter Bruegel II, the Younger
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Also Known As Pieter Breughel • Pieter Breughel II the Younger • Hell Brueghel • Helse Breughel • Helse Bruegel • Pieter Brueghel • Pieter Breughel II de Jongere • Helse Brueghel • Pieter Bruegel II de Jongere • Hell Bruegel • Hell Breughel • Pieter Brueghel II de Jongere
Born 1564 • Brussels • Belgium
Died 1638 (aged 74) • Antwerp • Belgium
Movement / Style Flemish art
Notable Family Members father Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
Hugo van der Goes
Flemish artist
Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
“The Annunciation,” oil on wood panel by Robert Campin; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Robert Campin
Flemish painter
Crayer, Caspar de: The Descent from the Cross
Caspar de Crayer
Flemish painter
Orley, Bernard van: Banquet of the Children of Job
Bernard van Orley
Flemish painter
Bertholet Flémalle
Flemish painter
Master of Flémalle: Virgin and Child
Master of Flémalle
Flemish painter
Jan van Eyck: Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish painter
Hans Memling
Netherlandish painter
Hiëronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hiëronymus Bosch
Netherlandish painter
Bouts, Dieric: Madonna and Child
Dieric Bouts
Netherlandish painter
David, Gerard: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Gerard David
Netherlandish painter
Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate
Antonello da Messina
Italian painter
Gossart, Jan: Descent from the Cross
Jan Gossart
Netherlandish painter
Patinir, Joachim
Joachim Patinir
Flemish painter
Justus of Ghent
Netherlandish painter
Joos van Cleve: Death of the Virgin
Joos van Cleve
Netherlandish painter

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