Jan Breugel the Elder: The Entry of Animals into Noah's Ark

At the dawn of the modern era in Europe, there was a keen interest in the precise rendering of the natural world, as evidenced by the landscapes and still lifes of the great Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder. Born in Brussels and trained by his grandmother, he was called “Velvet Brueghel” for his skill at painting rich and delicate textures.
This monograph takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Brueghel’s fascinating paradise landscape, explo... >Voir plus