BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: The Animals Entering the Ark
Teeming chaos erupts as countless creatures—lions, elephants, birds, and insects—surge toward Noah's ark in a swirling, densely populated landscape rendered with meticulous detail. Brueghel's encyclopedic inventory of animals transforms the biblical narrative into a celebration of God's creation and natural abundance, characteristic of Flemish art's fascination with nature.