A smaller version of this painting includes the detail of a crowd surrounding a red baldachin, which Johann-Christian Klamt claimed stood for its artist's opposition to Catholicism.
A smaller version of this painting includes the detail of a crowd surrounding a red baldachin, which Johann-Christian Klamt claimed stood for its artist's opposition to Catholicism. The inventory of the Croatian artist Giulio Clovio mentions a now-lost miniature version of this painting that the artist executed on ivory during his trip to Rome. A huge log raft and two galleons are among the boats in the port scene that occupies this painting's bottom right. This painting draws on the engravings of Roman landmarks created by Hieronymus Cock. The artist's name is inscribed on a block of stone in this painting's bottom left, near a group of men (*) bowing before a king and his retinue. A variety of foot and treadmill-operated cranes appear on the levels of this painting's Colosseum-like title structure, which is partly obscured by a cloud at its top. For 10 points, name this Pieter Bruegel painting in which Nimrod supervises a hubristic construction project.
A smaller version of this painting includes the detail of a crowd surrounding a red baldachin, which Johann-Christian Klamt claimed stood for its artist's opposition to Catholicism.
The Tower of Babel