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Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder)

Magdalena Poenitens

c. 1553-1556

Etching for the series Large Landscapes, 32.3 × 43 cm

British Museum, London

1525: The exact year of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s birth is unknown; it is likely to have been between 1525 and 1530. The whereabouts of his birthplace are just as uncertain, although it was probably Breda, in the province of North Brabant.

1545-1550: Until 1550, Bruegel is thought to have been an apprentice under Pieter Coecke van Aelst in Antwerp.

1550: Bruegel assists with a triptych (whereabouts unknown) commissioned by the Mechlin Glovemakers Guild.

1551: “Peeter Brueghels” is registered as a master with the Antwerp artists’ guild, the Guild of Saint Luke.

1552: He travels to Italy, passing through Lyon on the way and returning across the Swiss Alps. In Rome, he is believed to have worked with the miniaturist Ginlio Clovio.

1556: He works at the workshop of Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp, making designs for engravings. Big Fish Eat Little Fish and The Ass in the School are two of his prints copied as engravings in this year.

1557: Series of seven engravings entitled The Seven Deadly Sins.

1559: He follows this with a series of seven engravings with the Virtues. Bruegel paints The Fight between Carnival and Lent.

1562: He paints, amongst other works, The Fall of Rebel Angels and The Suicide of Saul. He probably travels to Amsterdam before settling in Brussels.

1563: He marries Mayken Coecke, the daughter of his old master Pieter Coecke.

1564: Birth of his first son, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, (later known as “Hell” Brueghel).

1565: Completion of a series of paintings depicting the months or seasons.

1568: Birth of his second son, Jan Brueghel the Elder (later known as “Velvet” Brueghel). In this year, Bruegel paints The Magpie on the Gibbet, The Beggars, and The Tempest.

1569: He probably died on 5 September; he is buried in the Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Chapelle in Brussels.