Raid on a Wagon
around 1612 | Jan Brueghel d. Ä.
Sebastian Vrancx was not just a painter and poet, he was also an officer in the Antwerp Fencing Guild. Perhaps this explains his preference for warlike scenes and robberies that he blends as decoration into landscapes by painters who are friends of his. The war that the Netherlands was waging with Spain at the time provided Vrancx with more than enough macabre material to observe.
Sebastian Vrancx was not just a painter and poet, he was also an officer in the Antwerp Fencing Guild. Perhaps this explains his preference for warlike scenes and robberies that he blends as decoration into landscapes by painters who are friends of his. The war that the Netherlands was waging with Spain at the time provided Vrancx with more than enough macabre material to observe.
Artist:
Jan Brueghel d. Ä. (1568 Brüssel - 1625 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
around 1612
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish; Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
55,5 x 85 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1071
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm