Surname of a family of Flemish artists, starting with Pieter (c 1525-69) (7)
I believe the answer is:
bruegel
'flemish artists starting with pieter c 1525-69' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'surname of a family' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'family' could be 'rue' (rue family is a kind of family) and 'rue' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for bruegel that I've seen is " Peter -------, Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569) (alt spelling)".)