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Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
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Also Known As Pieter Brueghel de Oudere • Boeren Breughel • Pieter Bruegel de Oudere • Pieter Brueghel, the Elder • Boeren Bruegel • Peasant Bruegel • Pieter Breughel de Oudere • Boeren Brueghel • Pieter Brueghel
Born c.1525 • Breda • Netherlands
Died September 5, 1569 or September 9, 1569 • Brussels • Belgium
Movement / Style Flemish art
Notable Family Members son Jan Bruegel, the Elder • son Pieter Bruegel II the Younger

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, attributed to Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
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