- 12
Attributed to Jan Brueghel I
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- Attributed to Jan Brueghel I
- A landscape with windmills, travellers and wagons in the foreground and a town beyond
- Pen and brown ink and brown and blue wash over black chalk;
bears old numbering on the verso in pen and brown ink: N 10
Provenance
With P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London, 1949;
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell, Portinscale,
their sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1986, lot 25;
sale, New York, Christie's, 26 January 2011, lot 268
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell, Portinscale,
their sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1986, lot 25;
sale, New York, Christie's, 26 January 2011, lot 268
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Flemish Art 1300-1700, 1953-54, no. 547;
London, Colnaghi, and Newcastle Upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell, 1959, no. 40, pl. XVII (as Jan Bruegel the Elder);
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell, 1965, no. 23 (as Jan Bruegel the Elder)
London, Colnaghi, and Newcastle Upon Tyne, Hatton Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell, 1959, no. 40, pl. XVII (as Jan Bruegel the Elder);
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell, 1965, no. 23 (as Jan Bruegel the Elder)
Literature
F. Davis, in The Illustrated London News, 24 October 1959, p. 489, reproduced;
Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Collection of Frits Lugt, exhib. cat., London, Victoria and Albert Museum, et al., 1972, p. 21, under no. 15;
K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere, Die Gemälde, Cologne 1979, p. 165; p. 521, note 157; p. 583, under no. 151;
Bruegel: une dynastie de peintres, exhib. cat., Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1980, p. 192;
D.J. Johnson, Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, R.I.S.D., Providence, Rhode Island, 1983, p. 213, under no. 75;
K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde, Lingen 2008, vol. 1, p. 320, under no. 152
Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Collection of Frits Lugt, exhib. cat., London, Victoria and Albert Museum, et al., 1972, p. 21, under no. 15;
K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere, Die Gemälde, Cologne 1979, p. 165; p. 521, note 157; p. 583, under no. 151;
Bruegel: une dynastie de peintres, exhib. cat., Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1980, p. 192;
D.J. Johnson, Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, R.I.S.D., Providence, Rhode Island, 1983, p. 213, under no. 75;
K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde, Lingen 2008, vol. 1, p. 320, under no. 152
Condition
Hinged at the top. Foxing scattered around, especially noticeable in the area of the sky. Some small staining towards the right end corner. Pen and ink in quite good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This drawing is closely related to Brueghel's famous painting in the Galleria Spada, Rome, which is dated 1606.1 Other drawings of the composition are known: one with some differences in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York2 and another in the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design. Others are listed in the note on the drawing in the Lugt Collection which has the same type and arrangement of windmills, but a very different staffage.3
Carlos van Hasselt writes about the Lugt drawing: 'The wooden mills in this drawings are of the oldest type, known as "standard mills", which were formerly much used for grinding corn in Flanders and the southern Netherlands. They were later replaced by larger mills made of brick, chiefly because the wooden ones had too little storage space and the corn had to be loaded and unloaded in the open air.'4
1. Ertz, op. cit., 2008, no. 152
2. Idem., op. cit., 1979, p. 165, fig. 178
3. Flemish Drawings...1972, p. 21, under cat. no. 15
4. loc. cit.