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JAN FRANS VAN BREDAEL (1683–1750)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 487 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAN FRANS
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VAN BREDAEL (1683–1750)
  , Flemish painter, on of Alexander
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van Bredael (d . 1720), who was also an artist, was born in Antwerp . He imitated the style of Wouverman and Breughel with such dexterity that even connoisseurs are often unable to distinguish his copies of their pictures from the originals . He visited England, where he was so well employed that in a few years he was able to retire to his native country with a competency . The
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earl of Derwentwater was one of his chief patrons . There were several other van Bredaels, who won honour as artists—notably PIETER (1622–1719), Alexander's
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father, and JozEF (1688–1739) . They were formerly known as "
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Breda," but this apparently is incorrect, though it occurs as a signature on a picture by
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Jan Frans in the Amsterdam gallery .

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