How many authenticated paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder have survived?

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Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground. — Pieter Bruegel, the Elder *Peasant Dance*, oil on wood by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1568; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

There are 45 authenticated paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that have survived to the present day. While this number represents his preserved body of work, it is understood to be only a portion of a much larger original output that has since been lost.1