Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel) the Elder (Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl]  c 1525-1530 – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting  a painter and printmaker from Brabant  known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so called genre painting)  he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings