Infanta Isabella and her Ladies Making Hay near Mariemont
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Landscape |
Date | ca. 1620 |
Dimensions | 175 x 237 cm |
Support | Canvas |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #562 Ertz 1984 #82 as Jan the Younger, Díaz Padrón 1975 as Joos de Momper and Jan the Elder |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Collection | Museo del Prado |
Accession numbers | inv. #1428 |
Tags | Harvesting, Horse, Pendant, Mariemont, Nobles |
External resources | Museo del Prado |
one of 25 paintings sent to queen of Spain. In 1636, in great room before bed chamber where king dines in summer months: "Otro lienzo del mismo alto que el de los Sentidos con molduras de lo mismo, de una casa flamenca en que está la señora Infanta y sus damas segando heno y cargándole con un carro."
Diaz Padron attributed landscapes here and in pendant to Momper. Ertz suggested Jan the Younger. I don't think Momper is right; the works were probably done with help from Jan's studio, whether his son or whoever else was working there. It is not plausible that Jan would have let his 19-year-old son do a major work for the Spanish court on his own.