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Property from the Collection formed by the late Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesmann

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

A peasant offering a cock to his companion; a fisherman offering a fish to his companion 《農夫向女伴獻公雞;漁夫向女伴獻魚》

Auction Closed

December 8, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection formed by the late Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesmann 

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Brussels 1564 - 1637/8 Antwerp

A peasant offering a cock to his companion; a fisherman offering a fish to his companion


the former possibly illegibly signed

a pair, both oil on oak panel, circular

each: diameter 19.5 cm.; 7⅝ in.


白殊-德利斯曼伉儷故藏

小彼得・布呂赫爾

1564年生於布魯塞爾,1637/8年卒於安特衛普

《農夫向女伴獻公雞;漁夫向女伴獻魚》


款識:農夫一作可能附有難以辨認的藝術家簽名

一對,皆為油彩圓形橡木畫板

各:直徑 19.5 公分;7 ⅝ 英寸

Private collection;

Anonymous sale, (‘The Property of a Gentleman’), London, Christie's, 27 November 1970, lot 61, for 6,500 guineas to B. Coulter (as Maarten van Cleef [sic]);

With Galerie Robert Finck, Brussels, 1971; 

With De Jonckheere, Paris;

From whom acquired on 16 March 1998 by Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesmann, Brasschaat;

Thence by descent to the present owners.

K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564–1637/38): Die Gemälde mit kritischem Œuvrekatalog, vol. I, Lingen 1988/2000, pp. 177–78, 183–84, 217 and 219, nos E 160 and E 170, reproduced figs 152 and 164 (the former as a good workshop variant; the latter incorrectly listed under no. 170 as fig. 136).