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Jan Brueghel the Younger

1601 - 1678

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Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Younger ( BROY-gəl, US also BROO-gəl; Dutch: [ˈjɑm ˈbrøːɣəl] ; 13 September 1601 – 1 September 1678) was a Flemish Baroque painter. He was the son of Jan Brueghel the Elder, and grandson of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, both prominent painters who contributed respectively to the development of Renaissance and Baroque painting in the Habsburg Netherlands. Taking over his father's workshop at an early age, he largely painted the same subjects as his father in a style which was similar to that of his father. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Brueghel the Younger has received more than 152,744 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jan Brueghel the Younger is the 274th most popular painter (down from 264th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 90th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Painter.

Jan Brueghel the Younger is most famous for his paintings of landscapes, flowers, and fruit.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 274 out of 2,023Before him are Jan van Goyen, Alessandro Allori, Pietro Lorenzetti, Martin Schongauer, Zeuxis, and Hendrick Avercamp. After him are Baldassare Peruzzi, Gerda Wegener, Joachim Patinir, Paul Delaroche, Judith Leyster, and Max Liebermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1601, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 5Before him are Louis XIII of France, Pierre de Fermat, Anne of Austria, and Baltasar Gracián. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, John Eudes, Alonzo Cano, Tugay Bey, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, Simon de Vlieger, and Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1678, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 3Before him are Jacob Jordaens, and Wu Sangui. After him are Anna Maria van Schurman, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, François Pierre La Varenne, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Karel Dujardin, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Antonio de Pereda, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 98 out of 1,190Before him are Auguste Beernaert (1829), Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Anne of France (1461), Gertrude of Nivelles (626), and Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522). After him are Marie José of Belgium (1906), Joachim Patinir (1480), Justus Lipsius (1547), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Gerard de Ridefort (1141), and Félicien Rops (1833).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 14Before him are Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Quentin Matsys (1466), Paul Delvaux (1897), and Hubert van Eyck (1366). After him are Joachim Patinir (1480), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Félicien Rops (1833), Pieter Claesz (1596), Karel van Mander (1548), and Frans Snyders (1579).