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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 – 1637/38) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Brueghel the Younger has received more than 426,694 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the 111th most popular painter (up from 116th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 37th 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 111 out of 2,023. Before him are Vittore Carpaccio, Matthias Grünewald, Claude Lorrain, Guido Reni, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Georges de La Tour. After him are Ivan Aivazovsky, Annibale Carracci, Simone Martini, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Giorgio de Chirico, and Juan Gris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 3. Before him are Galileo Galilei, and William Shakespeare. After him are Christopher Marlowe, William Adams, Paulo Miki, David Fabricius, Ahmad Sirhindi, Hans Leo Hassler, Francisco Pacheco, 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, Iskandar Muda, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Albert II, Gregorio Fernández, and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pieter Brueghel the Younger ranks 34 out of 1,190. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Mary of Hungary (1505), Georges Lemaître (1894), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), and Eddy Merckx (1945). After him are Abraham Ortelius (1527), Jacques Brel (1929), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Eleanor of Austria (1498), César Franck (1822), and Pepin of Herstal (635).

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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), René Magritte (1898), Anthony van Dyck (1599), 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 Paul Delvaux (1897).

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