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Jan Brueghel the Elder

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Panoramic landscape with a river, distant city, stormy sky, village and travelers with a donkey in the foreground.

Landscape

Women playing musical instruments in a mountain landscape, with a helmeted figure, a winged white horse and a waterfall.

Minerva Visits the Muses

Grisaille painting of a farmhouse kitchen with a cauldron on the fire, a nursing mother, and visitors arriving at right.

Bezoek aan de hoeve

River landscape with sailing boats, rowboats, village houses and figures on the bank under a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape

1603

Painted landscape of soldiers and horsemen attacking a line of wagons on a road beside a forest, under a blue sky.

Surprise Attack on a Convoy

Still life painting of tulips, roses and irises in a blue and white vase on a table, with insects, against a dark background.

Vase of Flowers

1609

Landscape painting of a village with a church, river, stone bridge, and travelers on a path under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with village

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary and the infant Christ in a thatched stable, kneeling kings, and a crowd with sold

Adoration of the Magi

1600

Painting of a dense flower bouquet in a wooden tub on a stone ledge, with a snail and fallen tulip below.

Flower bouquet in a wooden tub

1600

Still life of tulips and roses in a blue and white ceramic vase, with insects and moths on a wooden table against a dark back

Vase of Flowers

1600

Painting of a red-brick castle with gables and towers beside a moat, with strollers, dogs and swans in the foreground.

View of Tervuren Castle

1621

Panoramic landscape with courtly figures haymaking in a meadow, a formal garden, and a brick palace on a hill.

Excursion in the Countryside of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia

Landscape with travelers, pack horses and a dog on a forest path, a hilltop castle at right and a misty valley beyond.

Gypsy Gathering in a Wood

Travelers on horseback and in covered wagons on a dirt road across a hilly landscape under a cloudy sky.

Path in a Forest

Still life painting of pink and white roses, red flowers and an orange butterfly on a stone ledge against a dark background.

Flowers on a Plate

1600

Crowded outdoor banquet under large trees with guests at a long table, servants, guards with halberds, and dogs and roosters.

Wedding Banquet with the Archduke Albert and the Archduchess Isabel Clara Eugenia

1612

Painting of a forest road with travelers, carts, and horsemen passing a pond beneath tall trees and a blue sky.

Forestroad next to a fordable pond wiht travelers

1607

Painting of a forest road where armed robbers attack travelers, a wagon, and horsemen under a cloudy sky.

Wooded landscape with a robbery on a forestpath

1607

Crowded gallery interior with paintings, flowers, a globe, sculptures and two women seated at a table of jewels and instrumen

Allegory of Sight and Smell

Small landscape painting of a dirt road with travelers, cattle, a cart and a rider beside trees, opening onto a distant plain

Mountain road

Painting of a wooded park with a group of ruffed figures, deer, dogs, a terrace and pool, and rolling hills beyond.

The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia in the Mariemont Park

1601

Painting of the Virgin and sleeping Christ Child inside an oval garland of colourful flowers, with two angels behind them.

Garland with the Virgin, the Christ Child and two Angels

1619

Still life of flowers in a lobed stone bowl with roses, carnations and poppies, a dragonfly and butterfly on dark background.

Flowers in a Bowl

1615

Landscape painting of a farm with plowing horses, carts on a dirt road, tall trees and a distant village under cloudy sky.

A Farm

1600

Allegory of abundance with nude female figures, fruit, shells, fish, flowers, birds, cherubs and a forest landscape.

Allegory of Abundance and the Four Elements

1606

Painting of a fruit and flower garland framing an oval allegory of farming, with cherubs, nude figures and animals.

Garland of Flowers around an Allegory of Farming

1615

Nude nymphs and putti gather fruit in a forest around a cornucopia, painted in dense greenery by Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Nymphs Filling the Cornucopia

1615

Painting of the Holy Family resting in a forest, with two flying angels holding flowers and a lake and mountains behind.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1595

Painting of Christ leading souls from a barred gate through a demon-filled infernal landscape with burning cities.

Christ's Descent into Limbo

1597

Painting of a blue and white vase holding tulips and roses against a dark background, with a butterfly and insects.

Vase of flowers on a tabletop

1606

Painting of a busy river harbor with sailing boats, rowboats, townsfolk on a quay, and a church spire behind the houses.

View of a City along a River

Painting of a riverside village with fishing boats, sailboats, tall trees and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

View of a Village along a River

1604