Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path
Working on copper, Brueghel created small and jewel-like paintings defined by vivid color and anecdotal detail. Here, a variety of travelers of different classes traverse a woodland landscape, inviting beholders to engage in imaginative journeys of their own.
Artwork Details
- Title: Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path
- Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, Brussels 1568–1625 Antwerp)
- Date: ca. 1607
- Medium: Oil on copper
- Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of Hertha Katz, 2000
- Object Number: 2001.216.1
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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