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Jan Breughel the Elder

Also known as: Jan Breughel the Elder; primary name: Brueghel, Jan; other name: Breugel, Jan; other name: Breughel de Oude, Jan; other name: Bruegel, Jan; other name: Brueghel de Velours; other name: Fluweelen Brueghel
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Flemish; Male
Life dates: 1568-1625
Biography: Painter, born in Brussels. Son of Pieter Bruegel I (q.v.), father of Jan Brueghel II (q.v.). Working in Antwerp; 1589-1596 in Italy; 1596 back to Antwerp where he died. His daughter Anna married David Teniers the Younger in 1637. N.B. For the spelling of the surname see under Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Bibliography: Matthias Winner, 'Zeichnungen des Älteren Jan Brueghel', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 3 (1961), Berlin, 1961, pp.190-241. Klaus Ertz, 'Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625): Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog', Cologne, 1979. T. Gerszi and L. Wood Ruby, 'Jan Brueghel a magnificent draughtsman' exhibition catalogue, Antwerp, 2019.

115 related objects

book of prints

Museum number: 1902,0514.1252.1-51 |
Producer name: Published by:Dawson TurnerPublished by:Mary Turner |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:Great Yarmouth

drawing

Museum number: 1921,0714.11 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Attributed to a Follower of:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1880,0214.25 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1597

drawing

Museum number: 1910,1013.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.106 |
Producer name: After:Wolfgang HuberFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1500-1550

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.146 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the YoungerFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1616

drawing

Museum number: 1921,0129.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1613

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.232 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.126 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan van de CapelleFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650-1660

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.184 |
Producer name: Attributed to:David VinckboonsFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1593-1629

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.51 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1931,1114.153 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Christoph Carl KretschmanAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1667-1680

drawing

Museum number: 1978,U.3373 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Workshop of:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1610-1615

drawing; print study

Museum number: SL,5236.50 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1604

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.2823 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.272 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Formerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.57.c |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.57.a |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.237 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.125 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1603

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.148 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1600

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.166 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.143 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.90 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Jan Breughel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1600

drawing

Museum number: 1883,0811.36 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1620

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.67 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.966 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1607

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.68 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.57.b |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.56 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.54 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Lucas van Uden |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing; print study

Museum number: SL,5236.52 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1604

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.69 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.11 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1594

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.146 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan Breughel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Pieter Schoubroeck |
Production date: 1593

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.10 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Matthijs Bril |
Production date: 1594

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0810.48 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1600

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.147 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1595

drawing

Museum number: 1853,0813.44 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1604

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1012 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Drawn by:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1935,1214.3 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jan Breughel the YoungerAttributed to:Joos de Momper |
Production date: 1615-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3344 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the ElderFormerly attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1540-1569

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.188 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 Attributed to:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1585-1625

print; book of prints

Museum number: 1949,0523.3.1-103 |
Producer name: Printed by:Joseph KayPublished by:John Boydell |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Port de mer |
Museum number: 1862,0712.4 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Pierre François Beaumont |
Production date: 1734

print

Museum number: F,1.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1590-1629

print

Title: Cabinet Poullain Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après |
Museum number: 1853,1008.348 |
Producer name: Print made by:J F BorgnetAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl Guillaume WeisbrodAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1777-1791 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: La tonte des moutons Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.498 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:François Dequevauviller |
Production date: 1786

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0613.2292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenPublished by:Engelbrecht Boucquet |
Production date: 1718 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: Recreation Flamande |
Museum number: 1862,0712.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean MoyreauAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1706-1762

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1119 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1849,0210.228 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Print made by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: Landscapes |
Museum number: 1856,0607.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1652

print

Title: Giovanni Breugel, Pittore Fiammingo Serie degli Uomini i più illustri nella pittura, s |
Museum number: 1874,0613.2163 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:Benedetto Eredi |
Production date: 1769-1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,1125.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dominique SorniqueAfter:Charles Eisen |
Production date: 1753 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Landscapes |
Museum number: 1875,0710.682 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1571 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas Guérard IAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1666-1670

print

Museum number: 1922,0410.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas de BruynAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1607

print; counterproof

Museum number: 1853,0312.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Ioannes Breugel Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1863,0725.717 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Print made by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Museum number: 1856,0607.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.680 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1870,0813.604 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: R,1a.59 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Print made by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: Landscapes |
Museum number: 1875,0710.681 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1651

print; book-illustration

Title: Breughel De Velours. From A Painting By Himself |
Museum number: 2006,U.1465 |
Producer name: BIOG21146 After:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1858

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5847 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van de Velde IIAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1615-1641

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5848 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van de Velde IIAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1615-1641

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1116-1117 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Landscapes after Brueghel |
Museum number: 1850,0726.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: Hh,11.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Wynne RylandAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Vente de poison a Schevelinghe |
Museum number: 1862,0712.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Quentin ChedelAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Cabinet Poullain Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après |
Museum number: 1853,1008.347 |
Producer name: Print made by:J F BorgnetAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Pais con san Eustaquio Colección lithographica de cuadros del rey de Espa |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1077 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1826-1832 |
Production place: Printed in:Madrid (city)

print

Title: Landscapes after Brueghel |
Museum number: 1850,0726.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1856,0607.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Philippe Le BasPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: I. Breughel Portraits of Painters |
Museum number: 1859,0611.252.5 |
Producer name: BIOG51969 Print made by:J L L C Zentner |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Title: The Good Samaritan |
Museum number: F,1.22 |
Producer name: After:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1593-1625

print

Title: Ioannes Breugel Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: R,1a.63 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Print made by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1895,0915.391 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Print made by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: The Good Samaritan |
Museum number: 1967,0724.1 |
Producer name: After:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1593-1625

print

Title: Ioannes Breugel Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1863,0509.923 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Print made by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: Ioannes Breugel Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: R,1a.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony van DyckPublished by:Gillis Hendricx |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: Landscapes |
Museum number: Q,5.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1651

print

Title: Ioannes Breugel Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: R,1a.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony van DyckPublished by:Gillis Hendricx |
Production date: 1630-1641

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1851,0326.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Philippe Le BasPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1115 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Balthasar Anton Dunker |
Production date: 1770

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0528.14 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Mary Anne Turner |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:Yarmouth

print

Museum number: 1853,1112.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Landscapes |
Museum number: Q,5.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: F,1.20 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderAfter:Aegidius Sadeler II |
Production date: 1590-1620

print

Museum number: 1864,0714.32 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Pieter de Jode I |
Production date: 1600-1634

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas Guérard IAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1666-1670

print

Title: Ioannes Breugel Iconographie ou vies des hommes illustres du XVII. |
Museum number: 1935,1213.1.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony van DyckPublished by:Arkstée & Merkus |
Production date: 1630-1641 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)Published in:Leipzig

print

Title: Le repos en Egypte Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.702 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Edme Bovinet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du |
Museum number: 1858,0417.1120 |
Producer name: After:Jan Breughel the ElderPrint made by:Louis Germain |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1930,0613.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Chevalier Ignace Joseph de ClaussinAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1799

print

Museum number: 1870,0514.254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Jan Breughel the Elder |
Production date: 1650

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