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Jan Brueghel I is a painter and a draftsman born in Brussels. He comes from an artistic family and is along with his elder brother Pieter II (1564-1638) a son of Pieter I Bruegel (1526/30-1569). He is the father of the artists Jan Brueghel II (1601-1678) and Ambrosius Brueghel (1617-1675). In the first place, he is trained by his grandmother Mayken Verhulst (ca. 1518-ca.1599), who teaches him how to work with watercoulor. Brueghel is influenced by the work of his father and is the instructor of Daniël Seghers (1590-1661).
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