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Jan Brueghel the Elder

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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

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 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

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

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

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 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

Forest pond scene with peasants wading among reeds, a woman and two children at left, and birds in tall trees.

Latona and the Lycian Peasants

1605

Crowd gathers on a shore beside moored sailing boats, with a mountain and town in the distant landscape.

The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee

1600

Diana and nymphs preparing for the hunt in a forest clearing, with a pack of hunting dogs in the foreground.

Diana at the Hunt - Diana and Her Nymphs on the Point of Leaving

1623

Painting of a village wedding procession with musicians passing a stone church under a wide, cloudy sky.

Country Wedding

1612

Monochrome landscape of a country road with horsemen, cattle at a pond, a covered wagon and village houses under trees.

Landscape with a Country Road and a Watering-Place

Still life of flowers spilling from a wicker basket beside a glass vase on a pale table, with a dark background.

Flowers in a Basket and a Vase

1615

Painting of a river landscape with sailing boats, figures on a wooded bank, a distant church spire, and swans on the water.

River Landscape

1607

Painting of a wooded road with travelers, carts, cattle and pigs, a farmhouse and a distant church tower.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

1610

Interior of a collector's cabinet with paintings, sculptures, a globe and elegant figures with dogs and monkeys.

The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting a Collector's Cabinet

1621