# Wooded River Landscape [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on copper, 26 x 37 cm ## Commentary The painting depicts a wooded river landscape with a landing stage, boats, various figures and a village beyond. From a slightly elevated viewpoint, Brueghel opens a window onto early seventeenth-century Flemish life, particularly the daily life of a village settled on the edge of a river on a clear, crisp, summer's day. The left half of the composition is dominated by an expansive waterway that pulls the eye into the depths of the landscape. On the right half, balancing out the seemingly mirrored tranquility of the river and sky, is a bustling shoreline and landing site filled with colourful figures, animals, and remarkably drawn boats. Beyond and through the trees at right appears a quiet village with houses, wooden sheds, horse drawn carts, and, in the distance, the steeple of a church. The painting is signed and dated lower left: BRVEGHEL 1614. ## Related artworks - [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)]() - [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)]() - [A Flemish Fair]() - [Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden]() - [Air \(Optics\)]() - [Allegory of Sight and Smell]() - [Bouquet in a Clay Vase]() - [Bouquet in a Clay Vase]() - [Bouquet of Flowers \(detail\)]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()