LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Measurements:

19.29 in. (49.00 cm.) (height) by 26.06 in. (66.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed (?) 'P·BRUEGHEL-' (lower centre); the reverse stamped with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp and the panel-maker's mark of Pieter Staes

Literature:

H. Mund, 'Contribution à l'étude de Pierre Breughel le Jeune: une version inconnue de ses ''proverbes flamands'' in Revue des archéologues et historiens d'art de Louvain, IX, 1976, p. 157, notes 4 and 10. K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/38), Lingen, I, 1988/2000, no. E8*, pp. 70-1, illustrated. R. Duckwitz, catalogue of the exhibition Brueghel Enterprises, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht and Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, 2002, pp. 59-79, fig 7.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale; Nackers, Brussels, 10 December 1970, lot 750. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1981, lot 33, when acquired by the family of the present owners.