Jan BrueghelFlemish, 1568–1625Waldlandschaft mit Hirschjagd
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Where is “Waldlandschaft mit Hirschjagd” now? Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Unknown.
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
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- Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
In the life of Jan Brueghel
The whole life1589
To Italy by way of Cologne and Frankenthal
Setting off to complete his training in Italy, as was customary for Flemish painters, Jan first went to Cologne, where his sister Marie lived with her family, and then to Frankenthal, a centre where Flemish landscape painters were active; from there, probably by way of Venice, he reached Naples.
1589–1596
Travel: Italy
1590 · Workplace
Naples
1592–1594
Meets Cardinal Federico Borromeo
In Rome Brueghel enjoyed the protection of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna and met Cardinal Federico Borromeo, a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation and an avid collector, who became his lifelong friend and patron. The painter took up residence in Borromeo's Palazzo Vercelli.
1592–1594
Friendship with the landscape painter Paul Bril
In Rome Brueghel befriended the Antwerp landscape painter Paul Bril; the two worked together and influenced each other, Jan drawing inspiration from Bril's lively drawings and small landscapes. Brueghel lived in Rome until 1595.
1592–1594 · Workplace
Rome
