Pieter Bruegel
the Elder
( 1525 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker
known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting). He is
nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members
of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when
the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being
referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started
signing his paintings as Bruegel.