ID 1343999
Lot 4 | PIETER BRUEGHEL II (BRUSSELS 1564-1638 ANTWERP)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
(BRUSSELS 1564-1638 ANTWERP)
The Sermon of St. John the Baptist
oil on panel
40 3/8 x 65 1/8 in. (102.5 x 165.2 cm.)
Provenance
J.B. Blommaert; his sale (†), D. Massyn and H. Lecler, Rue Longue des Violettes no. 136, Ghent, 8-9 October 1855, lot 33, as 'Tableau très-curieux du plus beau faire du maître', where acquired by,
Baron Ludovicus Le Candèle van Humbeek (d. 1880), and by inheritance to his nephew, son of his late sister, Isabelle (1802-1865), wife of Baron Édouard-Jean Lunden,
Baron Théophile Lunden (1834-1908), 's Gravenkasteel, Grimbergen, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, p. 57, no. 16.
K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere, I, Lingen, 1988/2000, p. 377, no. F345, under questionable attributions and catalogued as unseen by the author.
| Artist: | Pieter Bruegel II (1564 - 1638) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Pieter Bruegel II (1564 - 1638) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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