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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Also known as: Pieter Bruegel the Elder; primary name: Bruegel, Pieter; other name: Breugel, Pieter; other name: Brueghel, Pieter
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Flemish; Male
Life dates: 1526/30-1569
Biography: Painter and etcher. Pupil of Pieter Coecke van Aelst (q.v.); working in Antwerp; 1551-1553 in Italy; returned to Antwerp; from 1563 in Brussels where he died. He only made one etching himself (Landscape with Rabbit Hunters) but was responsible for the design of many other prints. N.B. Bruegel signed his works as 'Brueghel' until around 1559; afterwards his surname is spelled without an 'h', though his descendants usually spelled their name as 'Breughel'.
Bibliography: R. van Bastelaer, "Les Estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien", Brussels, 1908. Lebeer 1969 New Hollstein Nadine Orenstein, 'PB the elder, drawings and prints', Met Mus. 2001 exh. cat Chemnitz 2014 (ed. I Mössinger & J.Müller) (rev. Peter Parshall PQ 2016, pp.345-9) exh. cat. Albertina, Vienna 2017 (ed. Eva Michel et al.) exh. cat. KHM, Vienna 2018 (ed. Elke Oberthaler et al.)

188 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.148 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1600

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.9 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1553

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.58 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing

Museum number: 1958,1011.1 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Roelant SaveryFormerly attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1600

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.2822 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAttributed to:Cornelis Massijs |
Production date: 1550-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1963,1012.1 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Master of the Mountain LandscapesFormerly attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1575-1600

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0406.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1553

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1011 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderAttributed to:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing

Museum number: 1959,0214.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1565-1569

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.60 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1565

drawing

Museum number: 1880,0214.25 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1597

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.51 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.137 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Adam van NoortFormerly attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: Late 16thC

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1854,0628.36 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.222 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1575-1600

drawing

Museum number: 1935,1214.4 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1610-1620

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.956 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan de BisschopAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1643-1671

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.124 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1566

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.59 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing

Museum number: 1854,0628.42 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Jan Swart van Groningen |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.53 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1589

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0109.8 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1920,0216.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1556

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3344 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing

Museum number: T,15.69 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1569

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes WierixAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1568

print

Museum number: 1862,0614.1561 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1563

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.2651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1557

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: Nn,7.18.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1550-1562

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1570

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1557

print

Title: Avaritia The Seven Deadly Sins |
Museum number: 1865,0114.764 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.653 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1550-1584

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.652 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderAfter:Pieter van der Heyden |
Production date: 1610-1630

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: 1864,0611.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1562

print

Title: The Rich man playing violin on the jaw-bone Twelve Flemish Proverbs |
Museum number: 1872,0511.1240 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes WierixAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1568

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.660 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Philips GalleAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558

print

Museum number: 1978,1007.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1561

print

Museum number: Gg,4M.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1559

print

Museum number: 1846,0509.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1550-1562

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.973 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrik Hondius IAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1642

print

Title: Superbia The Seven Deadly Sins |
Museum number: 1880,0710.639 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: 1870,0625.661 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1565

print

Museum number: 1882,0812.365 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1612-1633

print

Museum number: 1851,1213.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1565

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: Nn,7.18.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1565

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: 1864,0611.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1565

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.658 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1570-1585

print

Title: The Seven Virtues |
Museum number: 1868,0328.371 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Philips GalleAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1559

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1565

print

Museum number: 1931,1114.426 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558

print

Museum number: 1924,0714.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1559

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.16 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558-1560

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: 1870,0625.662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1565

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: 1864,0611.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1562

print

Title: Ver The Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1570

print

Museum number: 1929,0715.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrik Hondius IAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1642

print

Title: Souvenir de l'exposition de l'art Belge a Berne 1926 |
Museum number: 1949,0411.4618 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cuno AmietAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1926

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2056 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2050 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1869,0814.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.655 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2045 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1934,0609.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1560-1570

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.650 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPrint made by:Johannes van Doetecum I |
Production date: 1559

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2053 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2047 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2054 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.653 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Museum number: 1864,0611.104 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPrint made by:Frans Huys |
Production date: 1537-1562

print

Museum number: 1931,1114.425 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon FokkeAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1722-1784

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.651 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hieronymus CockAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1554-1555

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2051 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Title: Twenty-Four Heads of Peasants and Country-Women |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2052 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1648-1706

print

Museum number: 1924,0714.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter Jalhea FurniusAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1580

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.656 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Title: Concert des Chats Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.487 |
Producer name: After:Pieter Bruegel the ElderPrint made by:Jacques Couché |
Production date: 1786

print

Title: Cabinet du Roy |
Museum number: 1965,0319.2.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de CaylusAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1720-1765

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1922,0410.265 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1922,0410.264 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Regiunculae, et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae... |
Museum number: 1936,1116.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claes Jansz. VisscherAfter:Master of the Small Landscapes |
Production date: 1612

print

Title: Les Gueux |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1916 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric HillemacherAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1871

print

Title: Allegorical Landscapes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.648 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon NovellanusAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1595

print

Museum number: 1932,0623.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert RobinsonAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1674-1706

print

Museum number: 1876,1111.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert RobinsonAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1674-1706

print

Title: Desidia The Seven Deadly Sins |
Museum number: 1880,0710.637 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1558

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1850,1021.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1728

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.1529 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 After:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1566

print

Title: Sailing Vessels |
Museum number: 1864,0611.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans HuysAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1560-1565

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