On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01432
- Author
- Brueghel “the Elder”, Jan (Flemish),
- Title
- Gypsy Gathering in a Wood
- Chronology
- Ca. 1614
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 36 cm x 43 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
A group of travelers stop to rest,
sitting together in the road. One
of them speaks to a muleskinner,
who leads a caravan of loaded
mules. A very broad landscape
unfolds on the left.
In this painting, Brueghel offers
one of his views with figures, but
without any defined plot. He
reveals his debt to the landscape
ideas of Joost de Romper
(1568-1625) by placing the figures
at a bend in the road and in the
corner of the compostion. But he
also borrows elements from other
masters, such as the tree trunk in
the foreground, which is
characteristic of landscapes by
Gillis van Conixloo (1544-1607).
The detailed lush foliage and
figures are characteristic of
Brueghel's late works.
This painting is first documented
in 1746 as part of Felipe V's
collection at the La Granja Palace.
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