The Blind Leading the Blind

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Sebastian Vrancx (Antwerp 1573-1647)

The Blind Leading the Blind
signed in monogram 'SV' (centre, on the lid of the tankard)
oil on panel
14 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (37 x 27. 8 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 1996, lot 201 (£49,900).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2007, lot 154 (£30,500).

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Lot Essay

The subject of The Blind leading the Blind was popularised by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in the late 16th century. This composition derives from a lithograph thought to be after a lost painting by Brueghel the Elder (David Teniers, Jan Brueghel y Los Gabinetes de Pinturas, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1992, p. 128, fig. 78b).

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