drawing
- Museum number
- 1859,0709.2823
- Description
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A Highway Robbery; a country road by the entrance to a wood at right, a caravan held by highwaymen and two men shooting at a cavalier at right
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over black chalk
- Production date
- 1583-1625
- Dimensions
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Height: 203 millimetres
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Width: 276 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The attribution to Jan Brueghel is not certain: when compared to drawings of a similar subject (at the Nationalmuseum Stockholm, the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin and the Albertina Vienna), the London sheet seems weak. Although Brueghel painted many robberies, this drawing cannot be connected to any of the known paintings; see K. Ertz, "Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde", Cologne, 1979, pp.149-156.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0709.2823