Way to Market
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Landscape |
Date | 1604 |
Dimensions | 16 x 22 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Signature | BRUEGHEL 1604 |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #28 Ertz 1979, #105 |
Location | Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
Collection | Schloss Vaduz, Collection of the Ruling Princes of Liechtenstein |
Accession numbers | inv. #561 |
Tags | Traveling, Dog, Forest, River, Road, Wagon |
This is by a considerable amount the strongest of numerous variants of this composition: the density of detail is very characteristic of Jan. There are however many versions and variants. A fairish one is Ertz 1979 #78; a later questionable very very distant variant is Ertz 1979 #136. Other more distant works: Vienna, K.M.; Hannover, N.L.; Munich, A.P.; Duisburg, private collection; formerly art market, London (Sotheby's 22.vi.60); Stockholm, Nationalmuseum.
Related drawing from about 1595-6 with Tobias and the Angel in Budapest. Another related drawing dated 1603 is in Vienna, Albertina.
Note at RKD, rejected by H. Gerson, possibly Jan II