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Jan Brueghel the Younger

1601 - 1678

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Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Younger (, also US: ; Dutch: [ˈjɑn 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 136,445 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Brueghel the Younger is the 264th most popular painter (down from 262nd in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Belgium 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 264 out of 1,421Before him are Jan van Goyen, Helene Schjerfbeck, Luigi Russolo, Ivan Kramskoi, Guercino, and Hendrick Avercamp. After him are Simon Vouet, Henri Fantin-Latour, Pieter Claesz, Il Sodoma, Gerard ter Borch, and Philippe de Champaigne.

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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, Alonzo Cano, John Eudes, Tugay Bey, Simon de Vlieger, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Alvise Contarini. Among people deceased in 1678, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 2Before him is Jacob Jordaens. After him are Wu Sangui, Anna Maria van Schurman, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, François Pierre La Varenne, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karel Dujardin, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Antoine III de Gramont, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, and Caesar van Everdingen.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 90 out of 1,019Before him are Adrian Willaert (1490), Marie José of Belgium (1906), Yves Chauvin (1930), Jacques Piccard (1922), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), and Ferdinand Verbiest (1623). After him are Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522), Justus Lipsius (1547), Pieter Claesz (1596), Anne of France (1461), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), and Philippe de Champaigne (1602).

Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Jan Brueghel the Younger ranks 14Before him are Hugo van der Goes (1440), Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Petrus Christus (1410), Quentin Matsys (1466), and Hubert van Eyck (1366). After him are Pieter Claesz (1596), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Félicien Rops (1833), Joachim Patinir (1480), Paul Delvaux (1897), and Frans Snyders (1579).