An Allegory of War

Details

Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678)
An Allegory of War
signed 'i. Breughel.' (lower right)
oil on copper
77.7 x 98 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 21 June 1956, lot 19.

Literature

K. Ertz, Jan Breughel the Younger (1601-1678), Freren, 1984, pp. 49-50, 387-8, no. 223.

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Lot Essay

The attribution to Jan Breughel II has been confirmed by Dr. Klaus Ertz (see literature). A variant of the present painting was offered with Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2005, lot 104. Given its close relationship to other allegories, such as the painting offered in 2005 and the Allegory of Power and Justice, signed and dated 1647, in a private collection (see K. Ertz, op cit, no. 220, ill.), Ertz dates the present work to circa 1647, shortly before the end of the Eighty Years' War in 1648.

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