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Jan Brueghel the Elder

Type Figure Region Flanders Time 1568–1625 Also known as Brueghel the Elder

Flemish painter, son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, known for fine flower, landscape, and allegorical paintings;…

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  1. 1568–1596Brussels · FlandersSecond son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, he traveled to Italy in the 1590s, absorbing the Roman and Neapolitan landscape traditions, and returned to Flanders around 1596.
  2. 1610–1620Antwerp · FlandersFrom 1610 to 1620 he was an active court painter in Brussels and Antwerp, producing many flower, landscape, and allegorical series, and collaborated with Rubens on famous works such as The Five Senses.
  3. 1621–1625Antwerp · FlandersAfter 1621 he continued painting for the Habsburg court and private patrons, dying of illness in Antwerp in January 1625; his son Jan Brueghel the Younger carried on his art.

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