Philippe-Jacques van Bree

Philippe-Jacques van Bree
Workshop of female painters
Born	Philippe-Jacques van Bree (1786-01-13)13 January 1786 Antwerp, Belgium
Died	16 February 1871(1871-02-16) (aged 85) Brussels, 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 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.

The first pose. The Artist's studio in Rome, 1833
Private collection

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. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.