Travelers Pausing before an Inn
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Village, Town and Cityscape |
Date | 1616 |
Dimensions | 22.2 x 39.8 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Signature | BRUEGHEL 1616 |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #60 Ertz 1979, #307 |
Location | London, England |
Collection | Guildhall Art Gallery, Collection of the City of London |
Tags | Traveling, Cattle, Dog, Horse, Inn, Burghers, Road, Wagon |
According to Sutton in the collection catalogue, the last figure in the date could be a 3 or a 7 -- so the date should be 1613 or 1617.
As noted by Ertz, there is a related drawing in Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Kunste, inv. #NI.465a. It exactly copies the present composition and was, Ertz feels, not a preparatory study but a copy after the painting. Ertz vol. 1, p. 170. I agree with that assessment.