Lot Essay
The prototype by Jan Brueghel I is in a Washington private collection (K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Altere, 1979, p.590, no.196, and pls.31 and 266); a copy by Jan Brueghel II is at Aschaffenburg (K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Jüngere, 1984, p.249, no.69, illustrated).
In a Louis XIV carved and gilded frame
In a Louis XIV carved and gilded frame