Boats and Houses
16th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash (faded gray); circular framing lines lightly sketched in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
7 15/16 x 8 3/16 in. (20.2 x 20.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.1042.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, *ats and Houses* is a delicate 16th-century sketch Jan Brueghel Elder, the esteemed Flemish artist and son of the renowned Pieter Bruegel the. Created around the late 1500s in Antwerp's vibrant artistic hub, this small circular drawing (just under 8 inches across) a serene riverside scene with boats gently moored near quaint houses, evoking the everyday life of Flemish waterways. Brueghel's intricate style, blending meticulous detail with a touch of Mannerist elegance, reflects the era's fascination with nature and hum...