Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (born 1568)

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Flemish painter (1568–1625)

Jan Brueghel the Elder 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…