Philippe-Jacques van Bree, was a Belgian
painter
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and scholar of his brother
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, was born at
Antwerp
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Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson
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), and at Rome; and also visited Germany and England.
He employed himself on historical, fancy, and architectural subjects. Of the last, the
Belgian Government
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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.
File:P-J van Bree. La première pose.jpg, ''The first pose. The Artist's studio in Rome'', 1833
Private collection
File:Philippe-Jacques van Bree - Près de la fontaine.jpg, ''Close to the fountain'', 1832.
Private collection
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1786 births
1871 deaths
Artists from Antwerp
19th-century Flemish painters
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