Jan Pieter van Bredael

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.

In 1720, the artist returned to his hometown Antwerp and joined the Guild of Saint Luke. Not long after his return Prince Eugene called him back to work for him in Vienna. Here he died unmarried in 1735. His brother Jozef appointed the Flemish painter Frans van Stampart, a court painter in Vienna, to act as the administrator of Jan Pieter's estate.

Work

Like his father and brother, Jan Pieter van Bredael specialized in representations of cavalry encounters.

As van Bredael also painted battle scenes from the Spanish War of Succession (1701–1714) in which Prince Eugene did not have a command, it can be assumed that Prince Eugene was not the only patron of the artist.

He usually signed his paintings with the monogram 'J.P.van:Bredal'.