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A Woodland Road with Travelers

Jan Brueghel the Elder

A Woodland Road with Travelers

Jan Brueghel the Elder
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Period

Baroque

Theme

Daily Life

Medium

Oil on wood

Current Location

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Story

A Woodland Road with Travelers by Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Pfeiffer, Dodge, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V.

Bell Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1974.

“A silence so complete it becomes its own witness.”

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A restrained palette and sculptural lighting create a solemn geometry. The wooden crate and letter anchor the narrative with journalistic precision.