Canal through a Village
| Object type | Drawing |
| Genre | Village, Town and Cityscape |
| Dimensions | 14.2 x 19.7 cm |
| Support | Paper |
| Medium | Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Bailey/Walker cat. #PARI.ML.15 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Accession numbers | INV 19755 |
| Tags | Village, Canal, Peasants, Boat |
| External resources | Musée du Louvre |
British Museum website: "British Museum website: "This drawing shows stylistic similarities with another pen and ink composition by Brueghel in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin (inv.no.5734; dated 1620); see M. Winner, 'Zeichnungen des Älteren Jan Brueghel', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 3 (1961), Berlin, 1961, p.238; and K. Ertz, "Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde", Cologne, 1979, pp.180-181, fig.207.Literature: M. Winner, 'Zeichnungen des Älteren Jan Brueghel', in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 3 (1961), Berlin, 1961, p.240, n.111 (as a skilful copy; dismissing the rare yellow watercolour and the 'stick'-men unloading the sloop at left); exh.cat. Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, 1975 (omitted); K. Ertz, "Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde", Cologne, 1979, p.523, n.188; 'Dutch Landscape: The Early Years', exh.cat. National Gallery, London, 1986, cat.no.10."