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Who was believed to have painted the paintings with fantastic depictions of fire, later reattributed to Jan Brueghel the Elder?

  • Pieter Brueghel the Younger

  • Hans Holbein the Younger

  • Pieter Brueghel the Elder

  • Hieronymus Bosch

Answer

Pieter Brueghel the Younger was an accomplished painter who was believed to have painted a series of works with fantastic depictions of fire, including The Fire in the Borgo, a painting that depicts the Great Fire of Rome in 1527. However, these paintings were later reattributed to Jan Brueghel the Elder, a Flemish painter who was known for his landscapes and scenes of everyday life.
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