View of the surroundings of Brussels (Vue des environs de Bruxelles). 1781.

After the original by Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Engraving, etching. 223 x 326.
The margins are cropped.
Under the image, on the left: Brugles de Velours pinx.; on the right: J.P. Le Bas Sculp.
The title of the engraving was established on the basis of a comparison with similar engravings by J. F. Lebas, stored in the National Library of France (Paris) and the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg).
Inv. G 461.

Literature: Le Blanc, t. 2, p. 513, No. 300; Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t.13, p.140, No. 118.

Brueghel the Elder, Jan (Fluwelen Brueghel) (1568, Brussels – 1625, Antwerp) is a Flemish painter of the Baroque era.