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The Property of a Private Collector
Follower of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Netherlandish Proverbs
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The Property of a Private Collector
Follower of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Netherlandish Proverbs
distemper on canvas
unframed: 104.1 x 148.9 cm.; 41 x 58⅝ in.
framed: 129 x 175 cm.; 50¾ x 68⅞ in.
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.
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).
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).