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Attributed to Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678) and Joos de Momper II (Antwerp 1564-1635)

An extensive river landscape with peasants gathering the harvest

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Attributed to Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678) and Joos de Momper II (Antwerp 1564-1635)
An extensive river landscape with peasants gathering the harvest
oil on panel
17 3/8 x 28¼ in. (44.1 x 71.7 cm.)

Provenance

Countess Susanita Potocka (d. 1899) (according to a label on the reverse of the frame).

Literature

K. Ertz, Josse de Momper der Jüngere, Freren, 1986, pp. 223 and 549, no. 290, fig. 242, as datable to shortly before 1610, in a Swiss Private Collection.

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Lot Essay

As noted by Klaus Ertz, loc. cit., p. 223, this is a version of a composition sold from the More collection, Brussels, 11 April 1929, lot 199, measuring 49 x 76 cm. On the basis of a photograph in the RKD, Dr. Ertz attributed the staffage in the latter painting to Jan Brueghel I and dated the painting to shortly before 1610, and hypothesised (again on the basis of photographs only) a similar date for the present work. The quality of the present figures would appear to be closer to that of Jan II; however, at that date, the latter was too young to be a participant, suggesting instead a later date, from when Jan II was working in his father's studio before his departure for Italy in 1622.

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