Jan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the 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 first three decades of the 17th century.
Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder by Rubens, 1613-15. Brueghel can be seen on the left.
Flowers in a Wooden Vessel, 1603
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, with Hans Rottenhammer
Mountain Landscape with Pilgrims in a Grotto Chapel, with Joos de Momper (II)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes ; he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings.
The Painter and The Connoisseur, c. 1565, possibly Bruegel's self-portrait
Engraving designed by Bruegel and published by Hieronymus Cock, The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices – Anger, 1558
The Blind Leading the Blind, 1568
The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish, Bruegel's drawing for a print, 1556