Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder
Wooded landscape with a covered wagon and travelers on a path
Lot Closed
July 4, 09:11 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder
Wooded landscape with a covered wagon and travellers on a path
oil on oak panel
unframed: 27.1 x 41.1 cm.; 10⅝ x 16⅛ in.
framed: 48.9 x 62.8 cm.; 19¼ x 24¾ in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 27 November 1970, lot 33 (as Jan Brueghel the Younger) for 6,000 guineas;
Where acquired by Edward St George (1928–2004), London;
By whom sold ('The Property of Edward St George, Esq.'), London, Sotheby's, 8 July 1981, lot 46 (as Jan Brueghel the Younger);
With De Jonckheere Gallery, Brussels, by 1979;
From whom acquired by the present owner in 2000.
This luminous and beautifully preserved landscape is based on a signed work on copper dated 1606 by Jan Brueghel the Elder in a private collection.1
1 K. Ertz and C. Nitze-Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568–1625): Kritischer Katalog der Gëmalde, vol. 1, Lingen 2008, pp. 124–25, no. 30, reproduced in colour.