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Breughel

or Breu·gel, Brue·ghel, Brue·gel

[broi-guh l, broo-; Flemish brœ-guh l]
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noun
  1. Pie·ter the Elder [pee-ter; Flemish pee-tuh r] /ˈpi tər; Flemish ˈpi tər/, Peasant Breughel, c1525–69, Flemish genre and landscape painter.
  2. his sonsJan [yahn] /yɑn/, Velvet Breughel, 1568–1625, and Pieter the Younger (“Hell Breughel”), 1564–1637?, Flemish painters.
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Brueghel

or Brue·gel

[broi-guh l, broo-; Flemish brœ-guh l]
noun
  1. Breughel.
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Breughel

noun
  1. a variant spelling of Brueghel
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Brueghel

Bruegel or Breughel

noun
  1. Jan (jɑn). 1568–1625, Flemish painter, noted for his detailed still lifes and landscapes
  2. his father, Pieter (ˈpiːtər), called the Elder . ?1525–69, Flemish painter, noted for his landscapes, his satirical paintings of peasant life, and his allegorical biblical scenes
  3. his son, Pieter, called the Younger . ?1564–1637, Flemish painter, noted for his gruesome pictures of hell
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