Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 27 minutes ago

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes; he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings, but his identity remains a mystery.

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