Artist: Jan The Younger Brueghel
Date: 1630
Size: 27 x 36 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Oil On Copper
The literary reference for the subject depicted on this early example of Flemish oil on copper was the classical author Virgil’s Aeneid. The infernal “hell landscape” was inspired by paintings executed by the artist’s father, Jan Brueghel the Elder, who in turn had looked back to Hieronymus Bosch.
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