Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (about 1564-1638) , Flemish painter, eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, born in Brussels. He spent most of his career in Antwerp, where his predilection for satanic subjects—devils, infernal regions, tortures of the damned—caused him to be called "Hell" Brueghel. In his other works he imitated his father's style and subject matter, perpetuating them until the advent of Flemish baroque art.