Jan Brueghel d. Ä.
(1568-1625)
Busy Forest Road,
1605
Material / Technology / Carrier
Kupfer
Dimensions of the object
25,3 x 35,9 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 9
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Mannheim
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Jan Brueghel d. Ä., Belebte Waldstraße, 1605, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/o5xrdWkG7X (Last updated on 24.08.2023)
A new concept of the landscape is manifested in this painting. In a departure from the traditional ‘world landscape’, the perspective is no longer achieved through a gradation of pictorial planes but through the axial alignment stretching into the distance that, here, is flanked by trees.
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