Please enable JavaScript in your browser.

Forest Road

Forest Road

Object type Drawing
Genre Landscape
Date ca. 1605
Dimensions 23.7 x 36.9 cm
Support Paper
Medium Pen in brown ink, brown wash, brown watercolor, red, green, yellow, black stone marks and some gouache
Further inscription Verso, "S P / A S hsh - C V O" (later hand)
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Bailey/Walker cat. #BRUS.MR.1
Location Brussels, Belgium
Collection Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
Accession numbers 4060/480
Tags Forest, Landscape
External resources Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
Brussels 1913, nr. 480
Brussels 1926, nr. 92
Amsterdam 1934, nr. 357
Brussels 1935, nr. 491
Puyvelde/Goldschmidt 1937, nr. 5
Rotterdam 1948-49, nr. 26
Washington 1954, nr. 16
Rotterdam 1954-55, nr. 15
Bruges 1955, nr. 16
Winner 1961, p. 215, 219
Brussels 1961-62, nr. 89
Prague 1966, nr. 38
Brussels 1967, nr. 13
Brussels 1967-68, nr. 326
Geneva 1969-70, p. 16, nr. 13
Antwerp 1971, nr. 6
Manchester 1976, p. 11-12, nr. 6, pl. 8
Canada 1977, nr. 5
Atlanta 1980, nr. 8
Tokyo 1982, nr. 45
Schapelhouman 1987, nr. 15, note 1
Antwerp 1991b, nr. 4, note 7
Essen/Vienna 1997-98, p. 456-7, nr. 161, ill.
Brussels 1926, nr. 92
Amsterdam 1934, nr. 357
Brussels 1935, nr. 491
Rotterdam 1948-49, nr. 26
{Washington 1954, nr. 16
Rotterdam 1954-55, nr. 15
Bruges 1955, no. 16}***[Manchester says they were all the same number]
Brussels 1961-62, nr. 89
Prague 1966, nr. 38
Brussels 1967, nr. 13
Brussels 1967-68, nr. 326
Geneva 1969-70, nr. 13
Antwerp 1971, nr. 6
Manchester 1976, nr. 6
Canada 1977, nr. 5
Atlanta 1980, nr. 8
Tokyo 1982, nr. 45
Antwerp 1991b, under nr. 4
Essen/Vienna 1997-98, nr. 161
19th century Amsterdam Jacob de Vos Jacobsz
May 22 1883 to May 24 1883 Amsterdam Sale, Lot #87
Brussels Jean de Grez (Lugt 1834)
1913 Brussels Donated to Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique by de Grez
E.A. Honig
August 5, 2014

Although this drawing is clearly related to a cluster of paintings, Gerszi notes that as a highly finished drawing it seems to be an independent work and not "preparatory" to any of them.

E.A. Honig
December 23, 2015

Manchester 1976 dates this drawing just after 1610.