The Animals Foregathering to Enter the Ark

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Noah, his wife and a daughter-in-law rest with their donkeys whilst a vast array of pairs of all species of wild animals and exotic birds gather on the bank of a river. The ark, which they are about to enter, can just be seen in the distance. A church (an anachronistic element) is also visible, referring to many years later in the future when the descendants of Noah have established Christianity.

In 1609 Jan Brueghel the elder was appointed court painter to Archduke Albert and the Infanta Isabella in Brussels. They collected a menagerie of living animals from across the world from which the artist was able to make studies. This small, detailed composition is an example of a popular and much repeated copy of an original painting from the seventeenth century.

National Trust, Arlington Court and National Trust Carriage Museum

near Barnstaple

Title

The Animals Foregathering to Enter the Ark

Medium

oil on copper

Measurements

H 37.4 x W 50.2 cm

Accession number

987414

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Miss Rosalie Chichester, 1949

Work type

Painting

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