Jan the Elder Bruegel

Jan Brueghel was better known as Jan Brueghel the Elder and he was nicknamed “Velvet” Brueghel. He was a Flemish painter, who was the second son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. He was nicknamed “Velvet” Brueghel because of his habit of wearing velvet.

He was an artist of big sensitivity that painted flowers and landscapes with the typical...