KINDERSPIELE
CHILDREN'S GAMES
by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
1525-1569
Pieter Bruegel ( PE ter BROY gul) was born in Belgium. (Sometimes his name
is spelled Brueghel .) In 1551 he became an apprentice of an artist,
Aelst. He traveled to Italy about that time and painted many pictures, mostly
landscapes. He was about 26 years old at the time. He married the daughter of
his master.
His paintings were very popular in his time, and are still popular
today, over 400 years later.
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 Pieter Bruegel, Self Portrait
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He was called Pieter the Elder. He had two sons who became famous painters.
One of them was named Pieter, and he was called Pieter the Younger. His
grandsons also became artists. This was quite an artistic family.
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