# 16th-century Flanders

Time and place · hang 750 · 17 works

Works made in Flanders in the 16th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Title page, from The Seven Vices](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107?hang=750)
2. [Goose and Duck Hunt with Falcons \[above right\]; Goose Hunt \[below right\]](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/goose-and-duck-hunt-with-falcons-above-right-goose-hunt-belo-si-chndm-1901-39-151-b), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, ca. 1596-99. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/goose-and-duck-hunt-with-falcons-above-right-goose-hunt-belo-si-chndm-1901-39-151-b?hang=750)

## Section 1, south wall

3. [The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-marketplace-in-bergen-op-zoom-nga-57418), Abel Grimmer, probably 1590 and 1597. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/the-marketplace-in-bergen-op-zoom-nga-57418?hang=750)
4. [The Carnival (or the Prodigal Son)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-carnival-or-the-prodigal-son-aic-272395), Jan Sadeler, I, 1588. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/the-carnival-or-the-prodigal-son-aic-272395?hang=750)

## Section 2, south wall

5. [A Mill with a Fortified Bridge, a Rowing Boat in the Foreground](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-mill-with-a-fortified-bridge-a-rowing-boat-in-the-foregrou-met-820758), Roelandt Savery, 1596–1639. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/a-mill-with-a-fortified-bridge-a-rowing-boat-in-the-foregrou-met-820758?hang=750)
6. [Spes, plate 2 from The Seven Virtues](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spes-plate-2-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271117), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/spes-plate-2-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271117?hang=750)
7. [Interior View of the Coliseum](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/interior-view-of-the-coliseum-aic-84972), Lodewijk Toeput, c. 1580. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/interior-view-of-the-coliseum-aic-84972?hang=750)

## Section 2, north wall

8. [The Holy Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-holy-family-aic-267846), Pieter de Jode, I, c. 1585-1595. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/the-holy-family-aic-267846?hang=750)
9. [Fides, plate 1 from The Seven Virtues](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fides-plate-1-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271116), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/fides-plate-1-from-the-seven-virtues-aic-271116?hang=750)

## Section 3, north wall

10. [Ceres and Bacchus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ceres-and-bacchus-cma-97169), Bartholomaeus Spranger, 1600s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/ceres-and-bacchus-cma-97169?hang=750)
11. [Deer Hunt with Nets](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/deer-hunt-with-nets-si-chndm-1901-39-128), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, ca. 1590 – 1599. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/deer-hunt-with-nets-si-chndm-1901-39-128?hang=750)

## Section 3, south wall

12. [St. John the Evangelist](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/st-john-the-evangelist-aic-264832), Bartholomaeus Spranger, c. 1590. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/st-john-the-evangelist-aic-264832?hang=750)
13. [Christ on the Cross](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-on-the-cross-aic-273341), Raphael Sadeler, I, 1590. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/christ-on-the-cross-aic-273341?hang=750)
14. [A Hilly Landscape with Figures Near a Ravine](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-hilly-landscape-with-figures-near-a-ravine-aic-93281), Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1595. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/a-hilly-landscape-with-figures-near-a-ravine-aic-93281?hang=750)

## Section 4, south wall

15. [The Seed Received among the Thorns, from the Parable of the Sower](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-seed-received-among-the-thorns-from-the-parable-of-the-s-cma-170221), Gerard P. van Groningen, c. 1573. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/the-seed-received-among-the-thorns-from-the-parable-of-the-s-cma-170221?hang=750)
16. [The Rabbit Hunt](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-rabbit-hunt-cma-168193), Pieter Bruegel, 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders/the-rabbit-hunt-cma-168193?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More by Pieter Bruegel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/pieter-bruegel?hang=750&via=continue) (3 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=750&via=continue) (62 works)
- [16th-century Flanders, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-flanders?hang=750&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUwLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiNUV0VVNLSUcifQ)