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- Jan Breughel the Elder
- Also known as
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Jan Breughel the Elder
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primary name: Brueghel, Jan
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other name: Breugel, Jan
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other name: Breughel de Oude, Jan
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other name: Bruegel, Jan
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other name: Brueghel de Velours
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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.