Lot Essay
The present painting is based, with some differences, on a landscape executed in gouache on vellum by Jan Breughel II that was sold at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Oct. 29, 1979, lot 214 (104,000 florins=$52,600).
An extensive wooded Landscape with Travellers on a Path in the Foreground
Details
Joseph Bredael* (1688-1739)
An extensive wooded Landscape with Travellers on a Path in the Foreground
oil on panel inset into panel
11 1/8 x 15 1/8in. (28.2 x 38.4cm.)
An extensive wooded Landscape with Travellers on a Path in the Foreground
oil on panel inset into panel
11 1/8 x 15 1/8in. (28.2 x 38.4cm.)
Provenance
Kurt Schmitt, Thun, Switzerland.
Paul Schmitt, Thun, Switzerland.
Private collection, New York.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York as Jan Breughel II.
Paul Schmitt, Thun, Switzerland.
Private collection, New York.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York as Jan Breughel II.
Literature
The Frances and John L. Loeb Collection, 1982, no. 5, illustrated as Jan Breughel II.