Abstract composition constructed with soft color stains and black
The pencil lines with which he sketched the composition before starting to paint are still visible on the edge of the opposite bank of the river
The work is currently located at Statens Museum for Kunst
clean and of great value for decoration
Sharp landscape in a modern style
brueghel tower babel Dimensions (inches):31 x 39" Abstract composition constructed with softOil painting titled The Tower of Babel, painted in 1565 by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, a Dutch painter of the Flemish school. Brueghel made two paintings with the same title, one of them (this one) that focuses on the large building from the Jewish tradition, abandoned and with a gloomy air. And the other with great detail in the construction process, with clearer light, showing people, workers, and boats in the surroundings. See The Tower of Babel