The Property of a Lady
Studio of Jan Breughel the Younger
Allegories of The Four Senses
Auction Closed
July 6, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Lady
Studio of Jan Breughel the Younger
Antwerp 1601–1678
Allegories of The Four Senses
a set of four, all oil on panel
unframed: each 74.4 x 114.7 cm.; 29¼ x 45⅛ in.
framed: each 87.1 x 126.8 cm.; 34⅜ x 49⅞ in.
(4)
Anonymous sale, Paris, 3 December 1957, lots 64 (Sight), 66 (Smell), 67 (Taste), 68 (Touch);
Carlos de Beistegui (1895-1970), Château de Groussay, Montfort-l'Amaury, France;
Thence by inheritance to his nephew, Juan de Beistegui, Château de Groussay, Montfort-l'Amaury, France;
His sale, Château de Groussay, on the premises, Sotheby's, Poulain & Le Fur, 2 June 1999, lot 393 (as studio of Jan Brueghel the Elder);
Where acquired by a private collector, France;
By whom anonymously sold ('Property from a French Private Collection'), London, Sotheby's, 11 July 2002, lot 115 (as studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger), where acquired.
S. Speth-Holterhoff, Les peintres flamands de Cabinets d'amateurs au XVIIIe siècle, Brussels 1957, p. 207, note 54 (Sight and Touch).
