BRUEGHEL, Pieter the Younger
(b. 1564, Bruxelles, d. 1638, Antwerp)

Adoration of the Magi

c. 1600
Oil on panel
Museo Correr, Venice

The son of the great Pieter Bruegel the Elder produced rather superficial but invariably charming paintings based on his father's celebrated works. After a lapse of decades he revived these tender and moving scenes of peasant life, with their deep humanity and pragmatic realism.