Jan Brueghel the Elder
Jan Brueghel the Elder 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.
Jan Brueghel the Elder 29 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Orpheus In The Underworld.
1594. Oil on copper. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
- Bouquet In A Clay Vase.
c.1599-1607. Oil on wood. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
- A Flemish Fair.
1600. Oil on copper. Royal Collection, UK.
- The Battle Of Issus.
1602. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
- Landscape.
1603. Oil on copper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
- The Great Calvary.
1604. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
- Bouquet.
1606. Oil on copper. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy.
- Bouquet.
1606. Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
- Landscape With A Ford.
1607. Oil on copper. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
- 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.
- River Landscape With Wood-Cutters.
c.1608. Oil on oak. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
- Bouquet Of Flowers.
c.1609-15. Oil on oak. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
- Forest's Edge (Flight Into Egypt).
1610. Oil on copper. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
- Adam And Eve In The Garden Of Eden.
1615. Oil on copper. Royal Collection, UK. Read Note.
- Allegory Of Sight.
c.1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Read Note.
- Allegory Of Sight. Detail.
c.1618. Detail. c. 1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
- Allegory Of Hearing.
1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
- Allegory Of Taste.
1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
- Bouquet Of Flowers.
c.1609-15. Oil on oak. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
- Allegory Of Earth.
c.1618. Oil on copper. Louvre, Paris, France.
Jan Brueghel the Elder Bibliography
Dutch Genre Painting. XVII century. by E. Fehner. Moscow. Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo. 1979.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999
Jan Brueghel The Elder: The Entry Of The Animals Into Noah's Ark by Arianne Faber Kolb. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.
