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FOLLOWER OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Lot 39
10.06.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 770952
Lot 39 | FOLLOWER OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 500 000
FOLLOWER OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Ten months of the year
oil on panel
8 7⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (22.6 x 30.7 cm.), each
a group of 10




Provenance

G. Wilbraham, Northwick, Cheshire; his sale, Christie's, London, 18 July 1930, lot 5, as 'Jan Brueghel', where acquired as a complete set of twelve months for 520 gns. by the following,
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam (inv. no. 2631).
Sold by A. Miedl to W. Lüps (1906-1942), Düsseldorf via E.J. Ostermann (1884-1975), May 1940.
Hermann Göring, Berlin, 24 December 1942, to whom gifted by the widow of W. Lüps via Dr Erich Gritzbach (inv. no. RM 1341).
Recovered by the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point, 29 July 1945 (nos. 6002-5, 6008-13), when missing the months of January and February.
Transferred to Amsterdam on 5 November and 2 December 1946.
Transferred to the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (inv. nos. 1850-1855 and 1884-1889), 1948, on long-term loan to the Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1953-2006.
Restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker in 2006, and by whom sold,
[Property from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker]; Christie's, London, 5 July 2007, lot 2, as 'Flemish School, early 17th Century'.
with Galerie Florence de Voldère, Paris, as 'Lodewyck Rem', where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

E. van Stratten, Koud tot op het bot. De verbeelding van de winter in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw in de Nederland, 's-Gravenhage, 1977, pp. 14-19, figs. 14-24, as 'Probably Southern Netherlandish, 16th century'.
Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Den Haag, Old Master Paintings. An illustrated Summary Catalogue, The Hague and Zwolle, 1992, p. 58, nos. 340-349.
N.H. Yeide, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Herman Goering Collection, Dallas, 2009, pp. 189-190, 401-403, nos. A1354-A1365, illustrated.
J.-M. Dreyfus, Le Catalogue Goering, Paris, 2015, p. 570, illustrated.



Exhibited

Breukelen, Kasteel Nijenrode, 1936, no. 153.
's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, 1953-2006, on loan.
's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum and Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Aardse paradijzen, 16 May-24 November 1996, nos. 109 (March) and 113 (May).
Aranjuez, Palacio del Real Sitio de Aranjuez, Filipe II, El rey íntimio, Jardin y Naturalez en el siglo XVI, 23 September-23 November 1998, nos. 216 (March) and 217 (May).
Ghent, Museum voor Industruele Archeologie en Textiel, Tuinen van Eden, van keizer Karel tot heden, 20 April-25 June 2000, nos. 40 (March) and 43 (May).
's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrandts Museum and Leuven, Stedelijk Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens, De vier jaargetijden in de kunst van de Nederlanden 1500-1750, 21 December 2002-3 August 2003, nos. 19-28.
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