Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625)
Landscape with Travelers on a Woodland Path
c.1607
Oil on copper, 9.5 x 15.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Working on copper, Brueghel created small and jewel-like paintings defined by vivid color and anecdotal detail. Here, a variety of travelers of different classes traverse a woodland landscape, inviting beholders to engage in imaginative journeys of their own. (MET)