Mouse with Roses

Jan Brueghel il Vecchio “Dei Velluti” (1568-1625)

In the Musaeum we read: “I note that Brueghel painted on parchment a mouse with some stems of roses and insects. I wanted to call particular attention to this parchment and make it known that its value can rest on the fact that even mice in it are enjoyable to look at” In actual fact, this miniature masterpiece is not on parchment but on copper, and it is most likely the “trifle, of little import” which Brueghel mentions in a letter to the Cardinal in 1605.

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• TITLE

  Mouse with Roses

• AUTHOR

  Jan Brueghel il Vecchio “Dei Velluti” (1568-1625)

• INVENTARIO

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• DATE

  c. 1605 - 1611

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on copper

• DIMENSIONS

  7.2 × 10.2 cm

• SUBJECT

  Miniature

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  17th century Flemish painting

• ROOM

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