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Definition of Brueghel

1. Noun. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).

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Literary usage of Brueghel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Brueghel, PEETER, the younger, called Höllen (Hell) Brueghel, born in Brussels in 1564, died in Antwerp about 1637. Flemish school ; son of Peeter B. the ..."

2. Catalogue of the Royal Picture Gallery in Dresden by Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany) (1887)
"The figures in his landscapes by Jan Brueghel the Elder. ... His nickname of »Hell Brueghel« probably originated from the old but mistaken idea that he he ..."

3. Illustrated Catalogue: Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by New York Metropolitan museum of art, N.Y. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (1905)
"... Jan (called the Italian) Vos, Cornells de (the Elder).. Huysmans, Cornells (called Huysmans of Mechlin).... Breughel (Brueghel), Jan (the Elder). ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The maple leaf, now accepted by Canadians of ("very origin, was chosen ANTOON vice of Jan Brueghel, as a pupil in the studio of Hen- drick Van Balen, ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... the old traditions were worthily maintained by a native school which included Quinten Massys, Pieter Brueghel the elder, and Lucas van Leyden. ..."

6. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"Jan Brueghel ('Velvet ... Jan Brueghel, Landscapes. CAB. 15. 11. Cranach the Elder, Judith; 16. ..."

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