Winter Scene in Holland - J Brueghel Medici Print

Jan Brueghel the Elder

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Artist Bio

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625)
Jan was born in Brussels. His father died in 1569, and then, following the death of his mother in 1578, Jan, along with his brother Pieter Brueghel the Younger and sister Marie, went to live with their grandmother Mayken Verhulst (widow of Pieter Coecke van Aelst). She was an artist in her own right, and according to Carel van Mander, possibly the first teacher of the two sons.

The family moved to Antwerp sometime after 1578. In about 1589 Jan traveled to Italy, probably via Cologne. There he resided first in Naples, where his patron was Francesco Carracciolo. Next he moved to Rome, working for several discerning cardinals including, most famously, Federico Borromeo. It was in the company of Borromeo that Brueghel left Rome and took up residence in Milan, where he was part of the Cardinal's household. In the summer of 1596 he returned to Antwerp, where he remained for the rest of his life apart from short journeys to Prague and to the Dutch Republic. The Battle of Issus (ca. 1599-1600) in the Louvre. While in Italy he applied himself principally to landscapes and history paintings, including Biblical narratives and scenes from mythology and ancient history.

Back in Antwerp he continued these types of subject matter but also acquired considerable reputation by his flower paintings and allegories. He formed a style more independent of his father's than did his brother Pieter the Younger. Many of his paintings are collaborations in which figures by other painters were placed in landscapes painted by Jan Brueghel; in other cases, Brueghel painted the figures into another artist's landscape or architectural interior. The most famous of his collaborators was Peter Paul Rubens in several of his small pictures—such as his "Vertumnus and Pomona," the "Satyr viewing the Sleeping Nymph," and the "Terrestrial Paradise.". He had a studio in Antwerp, where he died from cholera on 13 January 1625.

Paper / Board

255gsm Art Paper

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315gsm Museum Quality Watercolour Art Board, Acid Free

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• Condition: *New
• Paper type: 255gsm Satin art paper
• Image size: 330mm x 540mm (13" x 21.25")
• Brand: The Medici Society Ltd
• MPN: JVB-T350-540
• EAN: 5012513133781
• UPC: 5012513133781
• Unit Quantity: 1
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Framing: Unframed
• Type: Reproduction Print / Poster

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