Jan Brueghel the Elder: 8 works

A slideshow of artworks auto-selected from multiple collections

By Google Arts & Culture

Beach with sailboats and stormy sea (1614) by Jan Brueghel the ElderKupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

'The son of the great Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Jan Brueghel was active in Italy from 1590 to 1596 and then in Antwerp, where he worked together with his friend Peter Paul Rubens, among others.'

The Sermon on the Mount (Main View, front)The J. Paul Getty Museum

'Jan Brueghel the Elder painted this festive scene on a thin sheet of copper.'

Flemish Fair (1600) by Jan Brueghel the ElderRoyal Collection Trust, UK

'Later examples of this subject, also by Jan Brueghel (Prado, dated 1623), depict the Archdukes themselves watching the festivities, as the city-dwellers do here.'

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel (ca. 1595) by Jan Brueghel the ElderMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest

'Based on an analysis of the stylistic characteristics of the Budapest work, it can be dated to 1595-1596, towards the end of Jan Brueghel's sojourn in Italy. By then, after several years in Rome, he had moved to Milan, accompanying his patron, Cardinal Federico Borromeo, for whom he made an entire series of landscapes.'

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'Jan Brueghel, whose delicate brushwork earned him the name Velvet Brueghel, was an artist of remarkable versatility.'

Flowers in a Wooden Vessel (1606/1607) by Jan Brueghel the ElderKunsthistorisches Museum Wien

'In 1606 Jan Brueghel the Elder, theson of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted the earliest of his surviving still lifes of flowers (Milan, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana) for the author of the above words, the archbishop of Milan, Federigo Borromeo (1564--1631).'

Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase (1609) by Jan Brueghel IColección AMALITA

'While he also painted landscapes and other motifs, in this type of still life he found one of his most important themes. He had a great ability to put these arrangements together, in addition to a meticulous craft, always based on working from reality.'

The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark (1613) by Jan Brueghel the ElderThe J. Paul Getty Museum

'The story of Noah's ark provided a subject well suited to Jan Brueghel the Elder's descriptive abilities.'

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