Portrait of Jan Breughel

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Portrait of Jan Breughel

Artist Anthony van Dyck Flemish, 1599 - 1641

Dateabout 1626-1632

Dimensions9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Julia B. Crane

Object number

1926.132

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Published Referencessee A. M. Hind, "Van Dyck: His Original Etchings and His Iconography," PRINT COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY, V, No. 1, Feb. 1915, pp. 3-37 F. W. H. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, Woodcuts Amsterdam 1952? VIExhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Prints as Portraits, Dec. 1959, Jan. & TMA The Painter Was a Printmaker: June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984 Feb. 1960. TMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011. TMA About Face Sept.30 - Dec.31 2005Label TextJan Brueghel (about 1568–1625) was a very successful Flemish painter active in Antwerp. He was the second son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder (about 1525–1569) and was especially noted for his facility with compositions full of various textures (this talent earned him the nickname “Velvet” Brueghel). His paintings of flowers were particularly sought after, but he was also skilled at landscapes (see Landscape with a Fishing Village in Gallery 23) and figure compositions (see his figures and animals in Joos de Momper’s A Summer Landscape with Harvesters, also in Gallery 23).