BRUEGHEL, Jan the Younger
(b. 1601, Antwerpen, d. 1678, Antwerpen)

Landscape with Travelers and Bittern Hunter

1628-29
Oil on panel, 44 x 74 cm
Private collection

The composition of this painting is based closely on a work by Jan the Elder, signed and dated 1605, now in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden. It is a striking example of the exquisitely detailed panoramic landscape type perfected by his father and which Jan the Younger continued to produce with great skill.