LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

16.65 in. (42.30 cm.) (height) by 22.48 in. (57.10 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

the first signed '·BREVGHEL·' (lower left); the second signed '·P·BREVGHEL·' (lower right); the third signed and dated 'P · BREVGHEL· 1624·' (lower left); and the fourth signed and dated '·P· BREVGHEL· 1624·' (lower right)

Literature:

G. Marlier, J. Folie (ed.), Pierre Brueghel le Jeune , Brussels, 1969, pp. 218 (no. 7), 222 (no. 1), 228 (no. 4), 235 (no. 5) and 237 (no. 1). R. Jotzu et al ., Von Cranach bis Monet: Europäische Meisterwerke aus dem Nationalen Kunstmuseum Bukarest , exhibition catalogue, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe and Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 1993, p. 76. K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/8 ): Die Gemälde, mit kritischem OEuvrekatalog , Lingen, 2000, II, pp. 543, 592, 596, 599 and 601, nos. E616, E639, E653, E667, as ‘eigenhandige, sehr gute Arbeiten’

Provenance:

Private collection, France. with Paul Mersch, Paris, 1927 (possibly on behalf of the de La Borderie family). Anonymous sale [Sammlung des Herrn La Borderie und anderer Besitz]; Fischer, Lucerne, 19 July 1927, lots 14-17, where acquired by an ancestor of the present owner