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Why was Pieter Bruegel famous?

Updated: 12/16/2022
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Pieter Brueghel, born sometime 1525, died 1569, is generally considered to be the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century.

He was well known for his Landscapes and pictures of Peasant Life.

In 1559 he dropped the h from his surname.

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