Lot Essay
For other versions see, for instance, G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, pp. 239-51; the picture sold in these Rooms, 14 Dec. 1990, lot 82; and the painting sold at Phillips, 16 April 1991, lot 44. In the catalogue of the exhibition Le Siècle de Brueghel, Musées Royaux de Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, 27 Sept.-24 Nov. 1963, p. 69, Marlier identified the village depicted as Pede-Ste-Anne in Brabant.
This picture is sold with a photocopy of a certificate by Dr. Walther Bernt, dated 15 December 1964, as Pieter Brueghel II.
This picture is sold with a photocopy of a certificate by Dr. Walther Bernt, dated 15 December 1964, as Pieter Brueghel II.