Klaus Ertz (born 1945) is a

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art historian specializing in the Brueghel family of artists and their workshop. Ertz was born in Homburg and is best known for his

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Jan Brueghel the Elder Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collaborato ...

, his son Jan II, his brother

Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Younger (, ; ; between 23 May and 10 October 1564 – between March and May 1638) was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's work as well as h ...

, Josse de Momper, Marten van Cleve, Jan van Kessel, David Vinckboons, Josef van Bredal and Adriaen van Stalbemt. Ertz works as a private art consultant for various institutions in the art market.Discussion of his work
/ref> He and his wife Christa Nitze-Ertz own the art printing house Luca-Verlag in Lingen(Ems) that publishes books about Flemish paintings of the 16th and 17th century.

Works

* ''Pieter Breughel der Jüngere - Jan Brueghel der Ältere : flämische Malerei um 1600, Tradition und Fortschritt'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1997 * ''Jan Breughel der Jüngere (1601-1678) : die Gemälde mit kritischem Œuvrekatalog'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1985 * ''Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625) : d. Gemälde : mit krit. Oeuvrekatalog'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1979 * ''Fälschung und Forschung : Ausstellung Museum Folkwang Essen, Oktober 1976-Januar 1977 : Skulpturengalerie, Staatl. Museen Preuss. Kulturbesitz Berlin, Januar-März 1977'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1977 * ''Jan Brueghel the elder : a loan exhibition of paintings, 21 June-20 July 1979.'', by Brod Gallery (London, England), 1979 * ''Josse de Momper der Jüngere, 1564-1635 : die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvre-katalog = Josse de Momper the Younger : the paintings with critical catalogue raisonné ; with English language summary'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1986 * ''Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625) : kritischer Katalog der Gemälde'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2008 * ''Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/38) : die Gemälde mit kritischem Œuvrekatalog'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1988 * ''Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625)'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1981 * ''Marten van Cleve 1524-1581 : Kritischer Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichnungen'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2014 * ''Josef van Bredael 1688-1739 : die Gemälde ; mit kritischem Œuvrekatalog'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2006 * ''Jan van Kessel der Ältere 1626-1679 ; Jan van Kessel der Jüngere 1654-1708 ; Jan van Kessel der 'Andere' ca. 1620 - ca. 1661 : kritische Kataloge der Gemälde'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2012 * ''Die Brueghel Familie = The Brueghel family'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2015 * ''Paysages et saisons : aspects de l'art néerlandais du 17ème siècle'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1987 * ''The Brueghel family of painters and further masters from the Golden Age of Netherlandish painting'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1986 * ''Landscapes and saisons : aspects of Netherlands art in the seventeenth century'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1987 * ''Jan Brueghel II (1601-1678) : zwei unbekannte Gemälde in russischen Sammlungen, kunstwissenschaftlich ins Spätwerk eingeordnet'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2014 * ''17th century Netherlands painting : Galerie d'art St Honoré exhibition octobre 1985'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1985 * ''David Vinckboons, 1576-1632 : Monographie mit kritischem Katalog der Zeichnungen und Gemälde'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2016 * ''Blumen, Allegorien, Historie, Genre, Gemäldeskizzen : Kat. 420 - 584'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2010 * ''Jan Brueghel d. Ä. als Mitarbeiter : Kat. 585 - 810 ; Addendum Kat. Add. 1 - 30'', by Ertz, Klaus, 2010 * ''Niederländische Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts'', by Ertz, Klaus, 1985

References

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in collaborative research website "janbrueghel.net" 1945 births Living people People from Homburg, Saarland German art historians {{Germany-writer-stub