Jan Brueghel the Elder

A flower painter and landscape artist, Jan Brueghel the Elder (b. 1568, Brussels, Belgium - d. 1625 Antwerp, Belgium) worked from nature. Bringing home the flora he depicted in his tightly composed still lifes, he often went great distances to find rare examples. When flowering plants had run their course around August, landscape season began. Called "Velvet Brueghel" for ...