LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel, gessoed on the reverse

Measurements:

22.76 in. (57.80 cm.) (height) by 37.24 in. (94.60 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed respectively with the royal inventory numbers 24-27 and 2688-2691 (on the reverse of the panels)

Literature:

Liste des tableaux que S.M. Roi Léopold I a conservés de la collection de Marlborough House, Archives de la Liste Civile du roi Léopold II, no. 240, Archives du Palais Royal, Brussels, nos. 24-27 '4 Tableaux par Breughel'. E. Leroy, Expertise des tableaux et dessins de feu S.M. le Roi Léopold Ier a conservé de la collection de Marlborough House, Archives de la Liste Civile du Roi Léopold II, no. 240, Archives du Palais Royal, Brussels, 25 June 1867, nos. 24-27 'Jean Breughel quatre tableaux représentant les quatre eléments. - Dix mille francs'.

Provenance:

Leopold George Christian Frederick, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, later Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865), Marlborough House, London, by 1831, and by inheritance to his second son. Prince Philippe of Belgium, Comte de Flandres (1837-1905), and by descent to his son. Albert I, King of Belgium (1875-1934), and by descent to the present owner.