The Battle between Carnival and Lent; and The Children's Games

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After Pieter Brueghel II and After Pieter Brueghel I
The Battle between Carnival and Lent; and The Children's Games
the second bears a signature and date '?. BRVEGEL 1560 ?F. Eisen?lein 192.' (lower right)
the first oil on panel; the second oil on board
114 x 165 cm.
the second with a stamp 'Direktion der Gemäldegalerie 87 1934' on the reverse
a pair (2)

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Sale room notice

Please note the medium of the first should read oil on panel and of the second oil on board. Please note the second bears a signature and date '?. BRVEGEL 1560 ?F. Eisen?lein 192.' (lower right). The prototype of the second picture is also in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Lot Essay

The first picture is based on Pieter Brueghel the Younger's iconic work in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, that is dated 1559 (inv. no. 1016). There are numerous versions, one of them sold at Christie's, London, 7 December 2006, lot 31. And the second is after Pieter Brueghel the Elder's famous composition in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

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