The Fall of Man

Details

After Jan Brueghel II
The Fall of Man
with remnants of a signature lower centre
oil on canvas
58.8 x 71.8 cm

Provenance

with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, inv.no.646 (according to a label on the stretcher).

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

This derives from the painting on copper, 47.6 x 66 cm, in the Royal Collection, Hampton Court (K. Ertz, Jan Breughel der Jüngere, 1984, p.44 & pp.277/8, cat.no.96, plate 96). As Ertz, op. cit., p.278, points out, it must have been inspired by the painting of circa 1615 by Jan Breughel I, now in the Galleria Doria-Pamphilj, Rome (K. Ertz, Jan Breughel der Ältere, 1979, p.244, cat.no.291, fig.314).

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