Allegorie van water

1596–1625 · Wirkungsort

Antwerp

1606–1613 · Wirkungsort

Brussels

1612 or 1613

Rubens paints Brueghel's family portrait

Peter Paul Rubens painted a portrait of Jan Brueghel and his family (now in the Courtauld Institute, London).

1613

Travel: Netherlands

1613

A diplomatic mission to Holland with Rubens

Brueghel accompanied Rubens and Hendrick van Balen the Elder on a diplomatic mission to the Dutch Republic; in Haarlem they met Hendrick Goltzius and other local artists. He may also have met Esaias van de Velde and Willem Buytewech there, both of whom knew his river views.

27 August 1615

The city presents four of his paintings to the Archdukes

Brueghel received many official commissions from the Antwerp magistrate; on this day the city fathers presented four of his paintings to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.