Details
Pieter Brueghel II (1564-1637)
The Seven Acts of Mercy
oil on panel
42.5 x 57.5 cm
Provenance
Van Zwieten; Sale, The Hague, 1731 (G. Hoet, Catalogus of Naamlijst van Schilderijen etc., 1752, II, no. 230)
E. Kums, Antwerp; Sale on the premises, 18 May 1898, lot 69 (2300 Fl. to Van Ult (?))
Anon. Sale, Fiévez Brussels, 8 May 1929, lot 32
Literature
Beeldende Kunst, 17 April 1930, VI, no. 41, with ill.
Old Masters on Tour, Scottish Field, October 1949, p. 25, with ill. Drie en dertig Schilderijen van Pieter Brueghel de Jongere in Belgische privé-collecties, exhibition catalogue, Gallery R. Finck, Brussels, 19 April-18 May 1969, under no. 4
G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, 1969, p. 110, no. 9 (as signed lower right)
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Gallery P. de Boer, De Helsche en de Fluweelen Brueghel, 10 February-26 March 1934, no. 22, with ill.
Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling der Jongere Brueghels, 14-29 April 1934, no. 22, with ill.
Perth, City Art Gallery, 1940-1950 (on loan)
Art Exhibitions Bureau, Touring Exhibition in the North of England, The Del Monte Collection, July 1950-October 1951
Laren, Singer Museum, Modernen van Toen 1570-1630, 15 June- 1 September 1963, no. 5, pl. 23
