The collector of tithes

Details

Pieter Brueghel II (Antwerp 1589-1638/9) and Studio
The collector of tithes
oil on panel
29 1/8 x 48¾ in. (74 x 124 cm.)

Provenance

(Possibly) with the Buttery Gallery, London, before 1927.
Galerie Robert Finck, Brussels, 1969.

Literature

G. Marlier, Pierre Breughel le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, p. 440, fig. 285, as Pieter Brueghel III.
K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere, Lingen, 2000, I, p. 517, no. F538, and possibly p. 516, no. F533, as Studio of Pieter Brughel II.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Sale room notice

Please note that the artist's dates are Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp.

Lot Essay

This is one of a number of versions of the composition produced by Pieter Breughel II and his studio between circa 1615 and 1630. Ertz (loc. cit.) opines that on the basis of the illustration in Marlier, the present picture is the product of the workshop of Pieter Breughel II. He rejects outright Marlier's earlier ascription to Pieter III.

Another version of the same size by Pieter Brueghel II was sold in these Rooms, 13 December 2000, lot 18 (£124,750).

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