Lucas Van Valckenborch: The Tower of Babel

Lucas van Valckenborch the Elder was a Flemish painter, famous for his landscapes. For this painting, The Tower of Babel, the artist took inspiration from the Rotterdam Tower of Babel by his contemporary artist Pieter Bruegel. To draw the tower, van Valckenborch used the model of the Colosseum in Rome. This masterpiece is now in Louvre Museum in Paris, France.