Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 – 1625)

• Was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.
• Brueghel worked in many genres including history paintings, flower still lifes, allegorical and mythological scenes, landscapes and seascapes, hunting pieces, village scenes, battle scenes and scenes of hellfire and the underworld. 

• He further created genre paintings that were imitations, pastiches and reworkings of his father's Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1530 – 1569) works, in particular his father's genre scenes and landscapes with peasants.

• The artist was nicknamed "Velvet" Brueghel, "Flower" Brueghel, and "Paradise" Brueghel. 

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