Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path
ca. 1607
Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Hertha Katz, 2000
Accession Number
2001.216.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of Jan Bruehel the Elder's *Landscape with Travelers on a Path* (ca. 1607), a petite jewel measuring just 3¾ x 6 inches, painted in oil on copper. This Flemish master's intimate scene captures a winding woodland trail alive with travelers—men and women guiding wagons pulled by horses—evoking the quiet drama of a journey through nature's embrace. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Paintings department, it entered the collection through the bequest of Hertha Katz in 2000. Brueghel, son of the renowned Pieter Bruegel the Elder, was a pioneer of the...