LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

24.37 in. (61.90 cm.) (height) by 38.50 in. (97.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'H.V.BALEN' (lower centre)

Literature:

K. Ertz, Jan Breughel der Altere, Cologne, 1979, p. 535, footnote 612. K. Ertz, Jan Breughel der Jüngere, Freren, 1984, p. 377, no. 211. U. Härting and K. Borms, Abraham Govaerts, Essen, 2003, p. 160, no. 164, illustrated. B. Werche, Hendrick van Balen, Turnhout, 2004, I, p. 162, no. A73; II, p. 366, illustrated.

Provenance:

J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt, Basel, from 1824. Anonymous sale; Galliera, Paris, 1 December 1972, lot 10. with Galerie Müllenmeister, Solingen, 1982, from whom acquired by the present owner.