Pieter Bruegel the Elder

(c.15251569)

The artist’s works:

The Adoration of the Kings (c1556)

The Adoration of the Kings
c.1556
Musées Royaux de BelgiqueBrussels

Parable of the Sower (1557)

Parable of the Sower
1557
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (c1558)

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples
c.1558
Galleria Doria PamphiljRoma

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c1558)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
c.1558
Musées Royaux de BelgiqueBrussels

Twelve Proverbs (c. 1558)

Twelve Proverbs
c.1558
Museum Mayer van den BerghAntwerp

The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
1559
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Netherlandish Proverbs (1559)

Netherlandish Proverbs
1559
GemäldegalerieBerlin

Children’s Games
1560
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife
c.15601565
Alte PinakothekMunich

The Rabbit Hunt
1560
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland

Dulle Griet (1562)

Dulle Griet
1562
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

The Bagpipe Player
c.1562
National Gallery of ArtWashington

The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562)

The Fall of the Rebel Angels
1562
Musées Royaux de BelgiqueBrussels

The Suicide of Saul
1562
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

The Triumph of Death
15621563
Museo del PradoMadrid

Two Chained Monkeys (1562)

Two Chained Monkeys
1562
GemäldegalerieBerlin

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (1563)

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
1563
Courtauld Institute of ArtLondon

The Adoration of the Kings in the Snow (1563)

The Adoration of the Kings in the Snow
1563
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur

The Tower of Babel
1563
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

The Little Tower of Babel (c1563)

The Little Tower of Babel
c.1563
Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam

The Adoration of the Kings
1564
National GalleryLondon

The Procession to Calvary
1564
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Death of the Virgin (c.1564)

Death of the Virgin
c.1564
Upton HouseEngland

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (1565)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
1565
Courtauld Institute of ArtLondon

Gloomy Day
1565
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Haymaking (1565)

Haymaking
1565
Lobkowicz Palace MuseumPrague

Hunters in the Snow
1565
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

The Harvesters
1565
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

The Return of the Herd
1565
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565)

Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap
1565
Wilton House, UK

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap (c. 1565)

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Bird Trap
c.1565
Musées Royaux de BelgiqueBrussels

Massacre of the Innocents (Romania)

Massacre of the Innocents
15651567
Brukenthal MuseumSibiu

Massacre of the Innocents (Royal Collection)

Massacre of the Innocents
15651567
Royal Collection, Windsor Castle

Massacre of the Innocents (Upton House)

Massacre of the Innocents
15651567
Upton HouseEngland

The Census at Bethlehem (1566)

The Census at Bethlehem
1566
Musées Royaux de BelgiqueBrussels

The Hare Hunters
1566
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

The Painter and the Buyer
c.1566
Albertina, Vienna

Sermon of St John the Baptist (1566)

The Sermon of St John the Baptist
1566
Museum of Fine ArtsBudapest

The Wedding Dance (c.1566)

The Wedding Dance
c.1566
Detroit Institute of ArtsDetroit

The Conversion of Saul
1567
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

The Land of Milk and Honey
1567
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

The Beggars
1568
Musée du LouvreParis

The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)

The Magpie on the Gallows
1568
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

The Misanthrope (1568)

The Misanthrope
1568
Museo di CapodimonteNapoli

The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (1568)

The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind
1568
Museo di CapodimonteNapoli

The Peasant and the Nest Robber
1568
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

The Peasant Dance
1568
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

The Peasant Wedding
1568
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Massacre of the Innocents (copy?)
4th quarter of the 16th century
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Born c.1525 Breda (Netherlands)
Died September 9 1569 Brussels (Belgium)
Son Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638)
Son Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625)
Grandson Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678)
Occupation Painter