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Who was Mayken Coecke and when did she marry Pieter Bruegel the Elder?

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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.

Mayken Coecke was the daughter of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, a prominent Antwerp artist, sculptor, and architect, and his wife, the painter Maria Verhulst Bessemers.1

She married Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1563 at the Church of Notre-Dame de la Chapelle in Brussels. Following their marriage, Bruegel moved to Brussels, where Mayken and her mother were residing.1