Philippe-Jacques van Bree was a Belgian

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and scholar of his brother Mattheus, was born at

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in 1786. He studied at Antwerp, in Paris (where he became a scholar of

Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (; or ''de Roucy''), also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson or simply Girodet (29 January 17679 December 1824),Long, George. (1851) ''The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion ...

), and at Rome; and also visited Germany and England. He employed himself on historical, fancy, and architectural subjects. Of the last, the

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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. He died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in 1871. Philippe Van Bree-Workshop of female painters mg 3021.jpg, ''Workshop of female painters'' (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) File:P-J van Bree. La première pose.jpg, ''The first pose. The Artist's studio in Rome'', 1833
Private collection File:Philippe-Jacques van Bree - Près de la fontaine.jpg, ''Close to the fountain'', 1832.
Private collection

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* 1786 births 1871 deaths Painters from Antwerp 19th-century Flemish painters Dutch painters {{Flemish-painter-stub