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Jan Bruegel the Elder: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Velvet Brueghel • Jan Brueghel • Fluwelen Brueghel • Jan Brueghel de Oudere • Velvet Bruegel • Jan Breughel • Jan Bruegel de Oudere • Fluwelen Breughel • Fluwelen Bruegel • Velvet Breughel
Born 1568 • Brussels • Belgium
Died January 13, 1625 (aged 57) • Antwerp • Belgium
Movement / Style Flemish art
Notable Family Members father Pieter Bruegel, the Elder

Photos

Bruegel, Jan, the Elder; Francken, Hieronymus, II: The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose
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Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Frans Snyders: Interior of an Office
Frans Snyders
Flemish painter
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David Teniers, the Younger
Flemish painter
Brouwer, Adriaen: Youth Making a Face
Adriaen Brouwer
Flemish painter
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Oil painting self-portrait by Paul Cezanne showing a balding man with a beard, wearing a dark coat, set against a patterned background.
Paul Cézanne
French artist
Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background.
Claude Monet
French painter
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter
Ma Yuan: Scholar by a Waterfall
Ma Yuan
Chinese painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
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Sir Matthew Smith
English painter
Martiros Saryan
Martiros Saryan
Armenian painter
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
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Kanō Motonobu
Japanese painter
Morandi, Giorgio: Still Life
Giorgio Morandi
Italian artist

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