Nationality Belgian | Name Philippe-Jacques Bree | |
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Full Name Philippe-Jacques van Bree Notable work - Workshop of female painters- The first pose. The Artist's studio in Rome- Close to the fountain Died February 16, 1871, Brussels, Belgium | ||
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Philippe-Jacques van Bree, was a Belgian painter and scholar of his brother Mattheas, was born at Antwerp in 1786. He studied at Antwerp, in Paris (where he became a scholar of Girodet), 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, where he died in 1871.
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