BRUEGHEL the Younger
1564 - 1627

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Pieter Bruegel the Younger, following in his fatherīs footsteps, Pieter the Elder, painted similar fantasy subjects and also made quality copies of his fatherīs scenes of peasant life.

This particualr painting is a copy of one which his father painted in 1565, and which now is the possession of the Delporte Collection in Brussels. This has been one of the most popular paintings by Pieter Breugel the Elder, to be copied by many, especially by his son who copied it several times.