| Philippe-Jacques van Bree | |
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| Born | Philippe-Jacques van Bree (1786-01-13)13 January 1786 Antwerp, Austrian Netherlands |
| Died | 16 February 1871(1871-02-16) (aged 85) Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Notable work | - Workshop of female painters - The first pose. The Artist's studio in Rome - Close to the fountain |
Philippe-Jacques van Bree, was a Belgian painter and scholar of his brother Mattheus, was born at Antwerp in 1786. He studied at Antwerp, in Paris (where he became a scholar of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson), and at Rome; and also visited Germany and England.
He employed himself on historical, fancy, and architectural subjects. Of the last, the Belgian Government purchased his View of the Interior of the Church of St. Peter at Rome, and presented him with a gold medal in addition to the price.
He was made conservator of the Museum at Brussels. He died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in 1871.
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Workshop of female painters (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)
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The first pose. The Artist's studio in Rome, 1833
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Close to the fountain, 1832.
Private collection
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bree, Philippus Jacobus van". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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