Philippe-Jacques van Bree
Philippe-Jacques van Bree, was a Belgian painter and scholar of his brother Mattheus, was born at Antwerp in 1786. He studied at Antwerp, in Paris, and at Rome; and also visited Germany and England.
He employed himself on historical, fancy, and architectural subjects. Of the last, the Belgian Government 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, where he died in 1871.
