The Tower of Babel

Marten van Valckenborch1595

Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums
Dresden, Germany

The subject of "The Tower of Babel" can be viewed as the leitmotif of Dutch Mannerist landscape painting. While the subject had been popular in mural painting and book illuminations since the early Middle Ages, it experienced its greatest circulation in Dutch painting from 1550-1650.

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Title: The Tower of Babel
Creator Lifespan: 1535 - 1612
Creator Nationality: Netherlands
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Frankfurt am Main
Creator Birth Place: Louvain
Date Created: 1595
Physical Dimensions: w1050 x h755 cm
Painter: Marten van Valckenborch the Elder
Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery)
Type: Painting
Rights: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Photograph: Hans Peter Klut/Elke Estel
External Link: http://www.skd.museum/

Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

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