Jan Pieter van Bredael the Younger or Jan Peeter van Bredael the Younger (27 July 1683 – 1735) was a Flemish painter known for his cavalry battle scenes and landscapes with

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scenes of village festivals and fairs.Jan Pieter van Bredael (II)
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

Life

Jan Pieter van Bredael was born into an artist family in Antwerp as the eldest son of

Joris van Bredael Joris van Bredael (1 January 1661 – c. 1706) was a Flanders, Flemish painter known for his battle scenes and vedute, cityscapes representing some popular celebration or feast.

and Johanna Maria van Diepenbeeck.Wilhelmus Johannes Franciscus Juten, G. C. A. Juten, ''Taxandria'', Volume 7
1900, p. 184 His father, his grandfather

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as well as his uncles

Jan Frans van Bredael Jan Frans van Bredael or Jan Frans van Bredael the ElderJan Frans van Bredael (I)
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and Jan Peeter the Elder were all painters. His mother was the daughter of the prominent Baroque painter

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.Walther Bernt, ''The Netherlandish painters of the seventeenth century, Volume 1'', Phaidon, 1970, p. 19 His brother

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had a successful career as a painter and copyist in Antwerp and Paris. Jan Pieter trained under his father. After the death of his father he left Antwerp in 1706 to live and work in

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. He was employed for many years by

Prince Eugene of Savoy Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano, (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736) better known as Prince Eugene, was a Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th a ...

, a very successful general and statesman of the

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and the Austrian monarchy. In 1720, the artist returned to his hometown Antwerp and joined the

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. Not long after his return Prince Eugene called him back to work for him in Vienna. Here he died unmarried in 1735.Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck, ''Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum Wien. Saal II - Das 18. Jahrhundert bis 1790'', Salzburg 1983, p. 26 His brother Jozef appointed the Flemish painter Frans van Stampart, a court painter in Vienna, to act as the administrator of Jan Pieter’s estate.

Work

Like his father and brother Jan Pieter van Bredael specialized in representations of cavalry encounters.Walther Bernt, ''The Netherlandish painters of the seventeenth century, Volume 1'', Phaidon, 1970, p. 19 In a time of increased conflict with the

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there was a significant demand for paintings depicting battles between Christian and Turkish forces. His patron Prince Eugene was an important general in the war against the Ottomans and commissioned from Jan Pieter several pictures on this subject as well as of hunting scenes.‘’Cavalry Engagement against the Turks, with a Distant View of a Town’’
at the

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As van Bredael also painted battle scenes from the Spanish War of Succession (1701-1714) in which Prince Eugene did not have a command, it can be assumed that Prince Eugene was not the only patron of the artist. Most of the cavalry compositions depict generic ambushes and skirmishes not specifically related to any particular battle. Jan Pieter’s cavalry pieces are characterized by their lively palette and relatively loose brushwork. Jan Pieter van Bredael II - Village Feast

Jan Pieter van Bredael II - Village Feast

Jan Pieter van Bredael also painted many landscapes with villages and popular revelries, games and celebrations. An example are the pair of compositions of ''Winter'' and ''Summer'' (Sold by Cambi on 13 March 2013, lot 258) depicting winter and summer activities in respectively a Flemish and an Italianate village. He usually signed his paintings with the monogram 'J.P.van:Bredal'.Alfred Wurzbach, ''Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon''. Amsterdam, 1963, V. 1, p. 177

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bredael, Jan Pieter II Artists from Antwerp Flemish landscape painters Flemish genre painters 18th-century Flemish painters 1683 births 1735 deaths