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Jan Brueghel the Elder — Mountainous Landscape with Travellers
Jan Brueghel the Elder

Mountainous Landscape with Travellers

Jan Brueghel the Elder's 'Mountainous Landscape with Travellers' is rendered in pen and brown ink with delicate washes in grey, blue, and brown over black chalk underdrawing. This drawing exemplifies the Northern Renaissance mastery of landscape representation with meticulous attention to atmospheric perspective and compositional balance. The inclusion of small travellers navigating the mountainous terrain adds narrative interest to the expansive natural setting.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown, grey and blue wash, over traces of black chalk

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Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

July 6, 2022

Estimate: $25,000$35,000

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Jan Brueghel the Elder, Mountainous Landscape with Travellers

Jan Brueghel the Elder's 'Mountainous Landscape with Travellers' is rendered in pen and brown ink with delicate washes in grey, blue, and brown over black chalk underdrawing. This drawing exemplifies the Northern Renaissance mastery of landscape representation with meticulous attention to atmospheric perspective and compositional balance. The inclusion of small travellers navigating the mountainous terrain adds narrative interest to the expansive natural setting.

Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown, grey and blue wash, over traces of black chalk
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Mountains, Landscape, Historical, Travelers, Ink And Wash, Detailed, Earth Tones, Flemish, Figurative, Renaissance

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