page_title: Jan Frans van Bredael
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Frans van Bredael / Work
context_page_description: Jan Frans van Bredael or Jan Frans van Bredael the Elder was a Flemish painter known for his landscapes, battle scenes and equestrian paintings. A prominent member of the third generation of the van Bredael family of painters of Antwerp, he was active mainly in his native Antwerp. He worked also in London and Paris where he enjoyed the patronage of an aristocratic clientele.
context_section_description: Jan Frans van Bredael painted in a variety of genres including history and religious painting.  However, he is best known for his landscapes with genre scenes, battle and hunting scenes and equestrian paintings.  While he initially mainly copied works of Wouwerman and Brueghel, Jan Frans van Bredael was able to develop his own style.  Van Bredael quoted Wouwerman’s tropes in his own compositions of equestrian and battle scenes.  In his landscapes he remained closer in style to Jan Brueghel the Elder.
  As many of the members of the extended van Bredael family painted in a similar style and in the same genres, it is not always easy or possible to ascribe a particular work to a specific van Bredael.
  As van Bredael appears to have worked mainly for the export market, very few of his works are in public collections in his home country.
caption: Landscape with castle and bridge
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