Follower of Follower of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

This lot has been withdrawn from the sale.

Possibly the Counts von Diesbach, Switzerland, from 1780 until 1925 (as noted by Robert Genaille and cited by Marlier 1969 below);

Jean-Pierre and Pari François, Geneva, by 1956;

Their sale (‘Monsieur et Madame François – A Lifetime of Collecting’), London, Christie's, 9 June 2011, lot 10;

There purchased by the present owner.

G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels 1969, p. 128, no. 10;

K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jungere (1564–1737/8). Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Lingen 2000, vol. I, p. 74, no. A18* (as ‘By a technically competent follower, who adds some surprising innovations’ [‘von einem handwerklisch nicht schlecten Nachfolger, der mit eigene Erfindungen berrascht’]; * denotes a work physically inspected by the author).