Pieter Brueghel (the Younger)

Pieter Brueghel the Younger by Anthony van Dyck

Years of life:	1564 – 1638
Artist's Teachers:	Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Artist's students:	Frans Snyders
Art Movement:	Northern Renaissance
Painting School:	Flemish School, Guild of Saint Luke

Genre:	Portrait , Landscape , Religious
Country:	Flanders
Century:	XVI , XVII

Eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (“Peasant”). He imitated his father’s manner and made copies of his paintings. Later did fashionable hellfire scenes, which gave him the nickname “Hell” Brueghel (he also retained the “h” in his name).

Pieter Brueghel’s major works are Fight between Carnival and Lent, c. 1595 (Bruges: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts); The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1595–1600 (St. Petersburg: Hermitage Museum).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

The Faithless Shepherd

1624

The Faithless Shepherd • 1624
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

1559

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent • 1559
The payment of the tithes

between 1617 and 1622

The payment of the tithes • between 1617 and 1622
Adoration of the Magi

between 1574 and 1599

Adoration of the Magi • between 1574 and 1599
Adoration of the Kings

1564

Adoration of the Kings • 1564
The Return of the Fair

1620

The Return of the Fair • 1620
The Census at Bethlehem (after Brueghel the Elder)

1566

The Census at Bethlehem (after Brueghel the Elder) • 1566
Flemish Fair

Flemish Fair
The Fight between Carnival and Lent

1559

The Fight between Carnival and Lent • 1559
Winter Landscape with Ice skaters and Bird trap

1565

Winter Landscape with Ice skaters and Bird trap • 1565
The Fight between Carnival and Lent

1559

The Fight between Carnival and Lent • 1559
St. Paul Led to Damascus After his Conversion

1567

St. Paul Led to Damascus After his Conversion • 1567
St. George's Kermis with the Dance around the Maypole

1627

St. George's Kermis with the Dance around the Maypole • 1627
The Marriage Procession

1623

The Marriage Procession • 1623
The good shepherd

1616

The good shepherd • 1616
The arrow goof

The arrow goof
Soldiers at Rest

1608

Soldiers at Rest • 1608
The Procession to Calvary

1602

The Procession to Calvary • 1602
The Peasant Wedding Dance

1607

The Peasant Wedding Dance • 1607
The Kermesse of St George

1628

The Kermesse of St George • 1628
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee

1596

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee • 1596
Calvary

1615

Calvary • 1615
The Road to Calvary

1607

The Road to Calvary • 1607
Crucifixion

1606

Crucifixion • 1606
Crucifixion

1606

Crucifixion • 1606
Calvary

Calvary
Massacre of the Innocents

1610s

Massacre of the Innocents • 1610s
The Wedding Dance

The Wedding Dance
Winter Landscape with Bird Trap

Winter Landscape with Bird Trap
The winchman

1610 - 1630

The winchman • 1610 - 1630
Peasants in an Open Wagon

between 1585 and 1638

Peasants in an Open Wagon • between 1585 and 1638
Winter Landscape

Winter Landscape
Two men tying branches together

1616

Two men tying branches together • 1616
Auberge St. Michel

Auberge St. Michel
The Four Seasons, Spring

The Four Seasons, Spring
The Four Seasons, Summer

The Four Seasons, Summer
The Tower of Babel

Unknown date

The Tower of Babel • Unknown date
Conversion of Saint Paul

between 1600 and 1638

Conversion of Saint Paul • between 1600 and 1638
Village festival in Honour of Saint Hubert and Saint Anthony

between 1564 and 1638

Village festival in Honour of Saint Hubert and Saint Anthony • between 1564 and 1638
Saint Paul led to Damascus after his conversion

Saint Paul led to Damascus after his conversion
The Peasant Wedding

The Peasant Wedding
The Parable of the Blind

The Parable of the Blind
The Seven Acts of Mercy

1617

The Seven Acts of Mercy • 1617
Christ Carrying the Cross

1605

Christ Carrying the Cross • 1605
The Tower of Babel

1595

The Tower of Babel • 1595
Landscape with Peasant Figures

Landscape with Peasant Figures
The king drinks

before 1616

The king drinks • before 1616
Netherlandish Proverbs

1610

Netherlandish Proverbs • 1610
The Drunkard on an egg

The Drunkard on an egg
Paradise

Paradise
Man with the Moneybag and Flatterers

1592

Man with the Moneybag and Flatterers • 1592
Woman with a bottle

Woman with a bottle
The Alchemist

The Alchemist
Bust of a Young Man

Bust of a Young Man
Two Peasants Binding Faggots

1620

Two Peasants Binding Faggots • 1620
A Couple Fishing

1616

A Couple Fishing • 1616
Head of a peasant, wearing a black cap

1600s

Head of a peasant, wearing a black cap • 1600s