PIETER BRUEGHEL II (BRUSSELS 1564/5-1637/8 ANTWERP) - photo 1
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PIETER BRUEGHEL II (BRUSSELS 1564/5-1637/8 ANTWERP)

Lot 131
25.01.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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$ 2 100 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 131 | PIETER BRUEGHEL II (BRUSSELS 1564/5-1637/8 ANTWERP)
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$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
PIETER BRUEGHEL II (BRUSSELS 1564/5-1637/8 ANTWERP)

The Birdtrap

oil on panel

16 x 22 1/4 in. (41 x 56.5 cm.)





Provenance

Aloys Thomas Raimund, Count Harrach (1669-1742), Palais Harrach, Vienna, by descent.

with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, after 1952.

with Xavier Scheidwimmer, Munich, by 1977, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

Catalog der Erlaucht Graf von Harrach'schen Bildergallerie, Vienna, 1897, no. 101, as After Pieter Brueghel II.

R. van Bastelaer, Peter Bruegel l'Ancien: Son œuvre et son temps: Catalogue raisonné de son œuvre peint par G.H[ulin] de Loo, Brussels, 1907, p. 345, under no. B 35.

G. Glück, Das Grosse Bruegel-Werk, Vienna and Munich, 1963, p. 74, under no. 31.

G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel, Le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, p. 247, no. 48.

Die Weltkunst, XLVII, 1977, p. 1951.

'Notable works of art now on the market: supplement', Burlington Magazine, CXIX, 1977, n.p., pl. XII.

K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/38): Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, II, Lingen, 1988/2000, p. 607, no. E694, illustrated.

Artist:Pieter Bruegel II (1564 - 1638)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Genre:Cityscape
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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