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Jan Brueghel the Elder

1568 - 1625

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Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder ( BROY-gəl, US also BROO-gəl; Dutch: [ˈjɑm ˈbrøːɣəl] ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the younger son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collaborator with Peter Paul Rubens, the two artists were the leading Flemish painters in the Flemish Baroque painting of the first three decades of the 17th century. Brueghel worked in many genres including history paintings, flower still lifes, allegorical and mythological scenes, landscapes and seascapes, hunting pieces, village scenes, battle scenes and scenes of hellfire and the underworld. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Brueghel the Elder is the 135th most popular painter (down from 133rd in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 47th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Painter.

Jan Brueghel the Elder is most famous for his paintings of landscapes and still lifes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Brueghel the Elder ranks 135 out of 2,023. Before him are Albrecht Altdorfer, Hilma af Klint, Jean Dubuffet, Arnold Böcklin, Zeuxis, and André Derain. After him are Mark Rothko, Charles Le Brun, Mary Cassatt, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Edward Hopper, and Émile Bernard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Jan Brueghel the Elder ranks 3. Before him are Pope Urban VIII, and Tommaso Campanella. After him are Aloysius Gonzaga, Wei Zhongxian, Gunilla Bielke, Adriano Banchieri, Giuseppe Cesari, Marino Ghetaldi, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Virginia de' Medici, and Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1625, Jan Brueghel the Elder ranks 4. Before him are James VI and I, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Maurice, Prince of Orange. After him are Johann Bayer, Simon Marius, Willem Schouten, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, and Honoré d'Urfé.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Brueghel the Elder ranks 50 out of 1,190. Before him are Henri La Fontaine (1854), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Herstal (635), Margaret of Parma (1522), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), and Herman Van Rompuy (1947). After him are Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Victor Horta (1861), Julio Cortázar (1914), Albert Claude (1899), Samo (600), and Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Brueghel the Elder ranks 7. Before him are Jan van Eyck (1395), Anthony van Dyck (1599), René Magritte (1898), Frans Hals (1582), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), and Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564). After him are Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Quentin Matsys (1466), Hubert van Eyck (1366), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602).

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