Oil on panel
We’d like to thank dr. Jan de Meare for his attribution. A written certificate is available. (Rambrouch, 23 oct. 2025)

The painting demonstrates van Bredael’s precise yet fluid brushwork, visible in the slender-limbed horses, luminous skies, and miniature-like rendering of figures. His palette—dominated by soft blues, browns, and ochres—creates a serene, almost musical rhythm throughout the composition.

While inspired by the world of Jan Brueghel the Elder, van Bredael’s interpretation reflects eighteenth-century refinement and lyricism. His figures are lighter, his handling of space more open, and his color transitions smoother and more atmospheric. Comparable in theme and structure to the artist’s work in the Landesmuseum Mainz (inv. no. 715), this panel reveals the painter’s signature combination of precision, balance, and gentle humor—qualities that confirm Joseph van Bredael’s standing among the most gifted followers of the Flemish landscape tradition.

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