Pieter Bruegel the ElderNetherlandish, 1525–1569The Bagpipe Player
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “The Bagpipe Player” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2016.127.2
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The whole life1551–1563 · Workplace
Antwerp
1563
Marries Mayken Coecke and moves to Brussels
He moved from Antwerp to Brussels and married Mayken Coecke, daughter of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Mayken Verhulst: the deposition for the marriage was registered on 25 July 1563 and the wedding took place in the Chapel Church in Brussels. According to van Mander, his mother-in-law pressed for the move to distance him from his long-standing mistress, a servant girl.
July 1563 · Workplace
Antwerp
25 July 1563
Married: Mayken Coecke
August 1563 – 1569 · Workplace
Brussels
1564
A son, Pieter, is born
A son, Pieter, was born — the future Pieter Brueghel the Younger; the father died when both sons were very small, and their grandmother Mayken Verhulst trained them.
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