VALCKENBORCH, Frederik van
(b. 1566, Antwerpen, d. 1623, Nürnberg)

Mountainous Landscape

1605
Oil on copper, 27 x 35 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The painting depicts a mountainous landscape with a river between rocks in the middle. To the left in the foreground, several farmers on the way to the market are raided by robbers, in the background a gallows and a wheel. On the right is a steep mountain slope against which houses and bridges are built.