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.
1594. Oil on copper. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
c.1599-1607. Oil on wood. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
1600. Oil on copper. Royal Collection, UK.
1602. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
1603. Oil on copper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
1604. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
1606. Oil on copper. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy.
1606. Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
1607. Oil on copper. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
c.1608. Oil on copper. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany. Read Note.
c.1608. Oil on oak. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1609-15. Oil on oak. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
1610. Oil on copper. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1615. Oil on copper. Royal Collection, UK. Read Note.
c.1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Read Note.
c.1618. Detail. c. 1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
1618. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
c.1609-15. Oil on oak. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
c.1618. Oil on copper. Louvre, Paris, France.
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.