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Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder ( / ˈbrɔɪɡəl /, [1] [2] also US: / ˈbruːɡəl /; [3] [4] Dutch: [ˈjɑn ˈbrøːɣəl] ⓘ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collaborator with ...
Brueghel, who was the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569), apparently received his early training in Brussels from his maternal grandmother, Mayken Verhulst. In 1590, when he was twenty-one, he traveled to Naples and subsequently resided in Rome from 1592 to 1594, working under the patronage of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna.
Jan Bruegel the Elder (born 1568, Brussels [now in Belgium]—died January 13, 1625, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter known for his still lifes of flowers and for his landscapes. The second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder , born just before his father’s death, he was reared by a grandmother and learned his art in Antwerp .
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1568 - 1625. Jan Brueghel the Elder was born in Brussels in 1568, the son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. He is said to have been taught in Antwerp by Pieter Goetkint and to have visited Cologne. From 1589 to 1596 he worked in Italy, mainly in Naples, Rome, and Milan where he met one of his most important patrons, Cardinal Federico Borromeo, who ...
He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collaborator with Peter Paul Rubens, the two artists were the leading Flemish painters in the first three decades of the 17th century. Brueghel worked in many genres including history paintings, flower still lifes, allegorical and ...
- Flemish
- January 13, 1625
- Brussels, Belgium
Title: A Woodland Road with Travelers. Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp) Date: 1607. Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 32 3/4 in. (46 x 83.2 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Pfeiffer, Dodge, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, and Joseph ...
Introduction Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder (, also US: ; Dutch: [ˈjɑn ˈbrøːɣəl] ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.
