The birth of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, around 1525, remains poorly documented. Probably trained with Pieter Coecke van Aelst, he entered the guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1551 and then traveled to Italy. The Alps left a lasting mark on him: their immense reliefs provided the structure of landscapes where human beings appear small without becoming insignificant. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in Antwerp, Bruegel worked for the publisher Hieronymus Cock and designed numerous drawings intended for engraving. Back in months, including Hunters in the Snow, unite season, work and territory in a panoramic vision. The Peasant Wedding Meal, on the contrary, organizes a full room, where food, service, music and gaze build an entire society without a single central anecdote. Bruegel knows the humanist culture and religious conflicts of his time, but his images refuse the simple explanation. Comic, harshness, compassion and criticism coexist. Died in 1569, he left a restricted painted corpus, transmitted and widely disseminated by his sons Pieter the Younger and Jan the Elder. Died in 1569, he left a restricted painted corpus, transmitted and widely distributed by his sons Pieter the Younger and Jan the Elder. Died in 1569, he left a restricted painted corpus, transmitted and widely distributed by his sons Pieter the Younger and Jan the Elder. Died in 1569, he left a restricted painted corpus, transmitted and widely distributed by his sons Pieter the Younger and Jan the Elder. Died in 1569, he left a restricted painted corpus, transmitted and widely distributed by his sons Pieter the Younger and Jan the Elder. Died in 1569, peasant wedding. Its reading favors composition.
Bruegel places every gesture in a world: the tired hunter, the child on the ice or the waiter at a wedding reveals a social and seasonal totality.