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Studio of Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger
- The Procession of the Bride
- oil on panel
Provenance
Theodor Stroefer, Nuremberg;
His sale, Munich, Böhler, 28 October 1937, lot 24, where bought by an ancestor of the present owner.
His sale, Munich, Böhler, 28 October 1937, lot 24, where bought by an ancestor of the present owner.
Literature
G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels 1969, p. 345;
K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere, vol. II, Lingen 2000, p. 700, no. F 812 (F= Fraglich, or doubtful as by Brueghel).
K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere, vol. II, Lingen 2000, p. 700, no. F 812 (F= Fraglich, or doubtful as by Brueghel).
Catalogue Note
Like the preceding lot, with which this composition is traditionally paired, this work derives from Marten van Cleve. In style and composition it too is much closer to Pieter Brueghel the Younger's variants.1
1. See Ertz under Literature, pp. 631-3, 699-700, nos. E 807* & E 809*, reproduced p. 632, fig. 499.
1. See Ertz under Literature, pp. 631-3, 699-700, nos. E 807* & E 809*, reproduced p. 632, fig. 499.