Cavalry Engagement at the Windmills
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Landscape |
| Date | 1612 |
| Dimensions | 46 x 85 cm |
| Support | Panel |
| Medium | Oil |
| Signature | SV |
| Collaborators | Sebastiaen Vrancx |
| Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
| Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #591 Ertz 1979, #264 as questioned |
| Location/Most Recent Sale | Belgium, Private Collection |
| Tags | Horse, Windmill, Soldiers |
This is a lovely painting but (judging from reproductions) the landscape part is just so much less subtle and sophisticated than the Vienna painting to which it is compared. The landscape is not a great flat stage-set like that but a bumpy, hilly place which is more Vrancx-like. Jan Brueghel would also not do something so obvious as stick this little bunch of pathetic flowers smack dab in center, not at this point in his career. Another possible JB/Vrancx collaboration was sold Brussels 8-v-29 #128; photo at RKD. It is closer to the Vienna painting than this one is.