An engraving on composite board depicting a landscape scene, Pagus Nemorosus, Village in the Woods, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, circa 1525 to 1530. Framed. Pieter Bruegel was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes, he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings. He was a formative influence on Dutch Golden Age painting and later painting in general in his innovative choices of subject matter, as one of the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the natural subject matter of painting. He also painted no portraits, the other mainstay of Netherlandish art. Antique European Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.