LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

21.34 in. (54.20 cm.) (height) by 34.09 in. (86.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed '.P. BREVGHEL·' (lower left), stamped on the reverse with the hands and coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp

Literature:

(Possibly) G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, p. 439, no. 31. K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jungere, Die Gemälde, Lingen, 1998/2000, I, p. 516, no. F531, illustrated (possibly also identifiable with nos. F534 and F542).

Provenance:

(Possibly) Joseph de Bal, Paris, by 1937. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1970, lot 63, illustrated (£5,500 to Flaxman). with John Appleby, London; Christie's, London, 26 November 1971, lot 3 (£5,250 to D.C. Evans). with de Jonckheere, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.