In the history of art, Pieter Brueghel the Elder is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Pieter Brueghel the Elder as Flemish painter (1526–1569).
Pieter Brueghel the Elder was born at Breda in 1525. His recorded nationality is Duchy of Brabant.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter, printmaker and draftsperson.
His recorded movement is dutch and flemish renaissance painting and northern renaissance.
Among his best-known works are Two Chained Monkeys, Dull Gret and The Peasant Dance. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Duchy of Brabant shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Pieter Brueghel the Elder died in 1569, aged 44. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Two Chained Monkeys
- Notable work: Dull Gret
- Notable work: The Peasant Dance
- Movement: Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting and Northern Renaissance
