Pieter Brueghel II (circa 1564-1637/38)

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Pieter Brueghel II (circa 1564-1637/38)

A proverb: two jesters mocking each other in a landscape

oil on panel
18.9 diam.

Provenance

J.J. Chapuis (seal on reverse)
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934, where purchased by the late owner

Literature

G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, 1969, p. 161, no. 22a and p. 162, fig 83

Exhibited

Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Tentoonstelling van 15e en 16e eeuwsche Schilderijen afkomstig uit Enschedeesch Privaatbezit, October 1929, no. 4
Amsterdam, Gallery P. de Boer, Tentoonstelling van de Jongere Brueghels, 10 February-5 April, 1934, no. 27a
Laren, Singer Museum, Modernen van Toen 1570-1630, 15 June-1 September 1963, no. 57, fig. 25

Lot Essay

Marlier lists a version of this composition in the collection Thesing, Hamburg but was incorrect in stating that it was exhibited at the De Boer, Amsterdan, in 1934. Comparing the photographs of the present picture with that of the collection Thesing in the R.K.D., it seems that the latter may be by a follower. The meaning of the proverb has not been established.

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