Olga's Gallery
Jan Brueghel the Elder
(1568-1625)
Biography
Because of his fondness of certain subjects and glowing enamel paint, Jan, the second son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, was given the nickname “Velvet” or “Flower” Brueghel.
The first lessons he received from his grandmother, painter-miniaturist Mayken Verhulst Bessemers, who gave direction to his interests and technique, further developed by his teachers, including Pieter Goetkint and Gillis van Coninxloo (1544-1607). About seven years, 1589-1596, Brueghel spent in Italy: He worked in Naples (1590), Rome (1592-94), and then in Milan (1596) for Cardinal Federigo Borromeo, who became his patron. Read Jan Brueghel the Elder's Full Biography
The first lessons he received from his grandmother, painter-miniaturist Mayken Verhulst Bessemers, who gave direction to his interests and technique, further developed by his teachers, including Pieter Goetkint and Gillis van Coninxloo (1544-1607). About seven years, 1589-1596, Brueghel spent in Italy: He worked in Naples (1590), Rome (1592-94), and then in Milan (1596) for Cardinal Federigo Borromeo, who became his patron. Read Jan Brueghel the Elder's Full Biography
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Orpheus in the Underworld. 1594. Oil on copper. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. Read Note. 
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Bouquet in a Clay Vase. c.1599-1607. Oil on wood. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
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A Flemish Fair. 1600. Oil on copper. Royal Collection, UK.
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The Battle of Issus. 1602. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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Landscape. 1603. Oil on copper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
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The Great Calvary. 1604. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
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Bouquet. 1606. Oil on copper. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy.
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Bouquet. 1606. Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
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Landscape with a Ford. 1607. Oil on copper. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
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Landscape on the Coast, with the Calling of St. Peter and St. Andrew. c.1608. Oil on copper. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany. Read Note.
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River Landscape with Wood-Cutters. c.1608. Oil on oak. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
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Bouquet of Flowers. c.1609-15. Oil on oak. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
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Forest's Edge (Flight into Egypt). 1610. Oil on copper. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 1615. Oil on copper. Royal Collection, UK. Read Note.
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Allegory of Sight. c.1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Read Note.
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Allegory of Sight. Detail. c.1618. Detail. c. 1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
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Allegory of Hearing. 1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
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Allegory of Taste. 1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
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Bouquet of Flowers. c.1609-15. Oil on oak. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
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Allegory of Earth. c.1618. Oil on copper. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Still-Life with Flowers and Jewelry. 1618. Oil on wood. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
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Madonna in Floral Wreath. c.1620. Oil on oakwood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
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A Flemish Market and Washing-Place. c. 1620-1622. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Read Note.
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Assault on a Convay. . Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Read Note.
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Vase of Flowers with Irises. . Oil on panel. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy.
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A Chapel under the Trees. . Oil on copper. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
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Holy Family in a Flower and Fruit Wreath. . Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
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The Four Elements. . Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Read Note.
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Vase with Flowers. . Oil on wood. Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania.
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