Jan Brueghel the Elder
Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. Nicknamed "Velvet" Brueghel, "Flower" Brueghel, and "Paradise" Brueghel, of which the latter two were derived from his floral still lifes and paradise landscapes, while the former may refer to the velveteen sheen of his colours.
Many of his paintings are collaborations in which figures by other painters were placed in landscapes painted by Jan Brueghel; in other cases, Brueghel painted the figures into another artist's landscape or architectural interior. The most famous of his collaborators was Peter Paul Rubens: the two collaborated on about 25 paintings including a Battle of the Amazons (Potsdam), Mars Disarmed by Venus (Getty Museum), The Fall of Man (Mauritshuis), The Five Senses (Prado), and several images of the Madonna and Child within a Flower Garland (Munich, Paris, Madrid). Hendrick van Balen and Joos de Momper were also regular collaborators with Brueghel.
Many of his paintings are collaborations in which figures by other painters were placed in landscapes painted by Jan Brueghel; in other cases, Brueghel painted the figures into another artist's landscape or architectural interior. The most famous of his collaborators was Peter Paul Rubens: the two collaborated on about 25 paintings including a Battle of the Amazons (Potsdam), Mars Disarmed by Venus (Getty Museum), The Fall of Man (Mauritshuis), The Five Senses (Prado), and several images of the Madonna and Child within a Flower Garland (Munich, Paris, Madrid). Hendrick van Balen and Joos de Momper were also regular collaborators with Brueghel.
He had a studio in Antwerp, where he died from cholera on 13 January 1625.
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'Baño de Ninfas (Las ninfas de Diana regresando de la pesca)' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1585-1625 £6.99
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'Beach with sailboats and stormy sea, detail' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1614 £6.99
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'Diana and Actaeon' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1600 £6.99
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'Flemish Fair' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1600 £6.99
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'River Landscape, detail' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1607 £6.99
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'The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1613 £6.99
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'The Sermon on the Mount' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1598 £6.99
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'Wooded Landscape with Abraham and Isaac' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1599 £6.99
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'Flowers in a Wooden Vessel' by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1606-07 £6.99