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Jan Breughel, the Elder - Extensive Wooded Landscape with Travellers on a Road, a Church in the distance [1610]
This luminous and intricately-rendered landscape is one of the largest that Breughel painted on the valuable medium of copper. Dated 1610, it was executed while Breughel was court painter to the Governors of the Southern Netherlands, Archduke Albert and his wife Isabella, and while its earliest provenance has been lost, it clearly constituted a significant commission. It is widely regarded as one of the most important landscapes by the artist to come to the market in recent decades.
[Christie’s, London - Oil on copper, 52.7 x 72.4 cm]
Jan Breughel, the Elder - Extensive Wooded Landscape with Travellers on a Road, a Church in the distance [1610]
This luminous and intricately-rendered landscape is one of the largest that Breughel painted on the valuable medium of copper. Dated 1610, it was executed while Breughel was court painter to the Governors of the Southern Netherlands, Archduke Albert and his wife Isabella, and while its earliest provenance has been lost, it clearly constituted a significant commission. It is widely regarded as one of the most important landscapes by the artist to come to the market in recent decades.
[Christie’s, London - Oil on copper, 52.7 x 72.4 cm]