Jan Pieter van Bredael the Younger
Flemish painter (1683-1735)
Jan Pieter van Bredael the Younger or Jan Peeter van Bredael the Younger (27 July 1683 – 1735) was a Flemish painter known for his cavalry battle scenes and landscapes with genre scenes of village festivals and fairs. Scion of an important family of artists from Antwerp, he became a court painter in Prague and Vienna.
Life
Jan Pieter van Bredael was born into an artist family in Antwerp as the eldest son of Joris van Bredael and Johanna Maria van Diepenbeeck. His father, his grandfather Peeter van Bredael as well as his uncles Jan Frans van Bredael and Jan Peeter the Elder were all painters. His mother was the daughter of the prominent Baroque painter Abraham van Diepenbeeck. His brother Jozef had a successful career as a painter and copyist in Antwerp and Paris.
Jan Pieter trained under his father. After the death of his father he left Antwerp in 1706 to live and work in Prague. He was employed for many years by Prince Eugene of Savoy, a very successful general and statesman of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian monarchy.
In 1720, the artist returned to his hometown Antwerp and joined the Guild of Saint Luke.
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