LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on copper

Measurements:

4.33 in. (11.00 cm.) (height) by 6.30 in. (16.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed and dated lower left: 1609

Literature:

Literature Cf. Ertz Klaus: Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625) Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Cologne 1979 p. 62 illus. 32 p. 590-591 no. 197. - Cf. Ertz Klaus & Nitze-Ertz Christa: Jan Brueghel der Ältere Die Gemälde vol. 1 p. 354 no. 172 p. 356 illus. 172.

Provenance:

Provenance In the Kürfürstliche Galerie in Munich before 1748. - In the kürfürstliche Sammlung at Schleißheim palace as of 1748. - In the Alte Pinakothek Munich as of 1911. - Swiss private collection. - Acquired by the present owners from Koester Gallery in Zurich in 1987. - Subsequently in West German private ownership.