PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER | A VILLAGE SCENE WITH PEASANTS CAROUSING

Auction Closed

July 28, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER

Brussels 1564 - 1637/8 Antwerp

A VILLAGE SCENE WITH PEASANTS CAROUSING

oil on oak panel

51.2 by 36 cm.; 20 by 14¼ in.

Bears a red wax seal on the reverse with initials A B

Heinrich Freiherr von Ferstel (1828–1883), Vienna

By descent to his grandaughter, Baroness Annemarie von Sacken

By descent to the present owner, her grandson

Th. von Frimmel, Geschichte der Wiener Gemäldesammlungen, Vienna 1901, reproduced

G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels 1969, p. 392

K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere, Lingen 1988/2000, vol. II, p. 827 no. F 1142