Sale
1556
OLD MASTER PAINTINGS
30 September 2005
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Studio of Pieter Brueghel II (Antwerp 1589-1638/9)
The collector of tithes
oil on panel
28¼ x 41¼ in. (71.8 x 104.8 cm.)
The subject The collector of Tithes was a subject treated extensively by both Pieter Brueghel the Younger and by his son, Pieter Brueghel III. This is one of a number of versions of the composition produced by the studio of Pieter Brueghel II between c. 1615 and 1630.