Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564 – 1638) was a Flemish Renaissance painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. When he was only five years old, his father died. Pieter Brueghel the Younger received his artistic training from Flemish landscape painter Gilles van Coninxloo. Brueghel later even married the sister of his master.

Pieter Brueghel the Younger became a master in 1585. He then started painting landscapes, religious subjects and fantasy paintings. For this last category he often made use of fire and grotesque figures, leading to his nickname "Hell Brueghel".

Apart from these own inspired paintings, Pieter Brueghel the Younger also copied the works his father created, thus often leading to confusion which of the two actually painted the painting. He also was known as Pieter the Great or Pieter de comisoma.

Works include:

• Village Fair
• The Crucifixion
• Winter, Hunter in the Snow

Family Tree

See also

• List of Belgian painters

External links

• Pieter Brueghel the Younger at Olga's Gallery

1564 births | 1638 deaths | Flemish painters | Renaissance painters

Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere | Pieter Bruegel le Jeune | פיטר ברויגל הבן | Ifj. Pieter Brueghel | Pieter Brueghel de Jonge | Pieter Brueghel (młodszy) | Pieter Bruegel d.y.