Flemish painter (bc1568, Bruxelles, d. 1625, Antwerpen).   Related Paintings of BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder :. | Great Fish-Market (mk08) | Travellers on the Way (detail) fd | Landscape with Windmills fdg | A Flemish Fair (mk25) | The Great Bouquet df |
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