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'''Jan Brueghel the Elder''' (Brussels, 1568 - Antwerp, 1625) was a [[Flemish]] [[painter]]. Son of [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]] and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. His father Pieter, from 1559, dropped the "h" from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel.

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A flower painter and [[landscape]] artist, Jan Brueghel the Elder worked from nature... His best-known collaborator was his friend [[Peter Paul Rubens]]. Brueghel's sons, including Jan Brueghel the Younger, and later artists carried on his style well into the 1700s.<ref>[http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=696 Jan Brueghel the Elder]</ref>
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[[File:Jan Bruegel the Elder Bouquet 1599.jpg|340px]]

Bouquet 1599.


[[File:Brueghel the Elder Jan 1608 River Landscape with Wood Cutters.jpg]]

River Landscape with Wood Cutters, 1608.


[[Category:Flemish Painters]]
[[Category:Flanders]]