A Woodland Road with Travelers, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1607


A Woodland Road with Travelers, 1607, Oil on wood, 18 1/8 x 32 3/4 in. (46 x cm), Paintings, Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp), Jan, who was born shortly before the death of his famous father, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, advanced the genre of northern landscape painting beyond his father’s legacy. In this refined, well-preserved panel, the vast depth of the landscape is balanced by an attention to the humanity of the peasant subjects and their humble tasks in the foreground


Size: 6098px × 3383px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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