A river landscape with boats and figures on a path

Details

Attributed to Théobald Michau (Tournai 1676-1765 Antwerp)
A river landscape with boats and figures on a path
oil on panel
13 ¾ x 19 1/8 in. (34.9 x 48.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 4 November 1986, lot 192, as Theobald Michau, where acquired by the present owner ($26,400).

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

The composition of this painting is closely related to Jan Breughel I’s River landscape with a boatyard in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (see K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere: Die Gemälde, Lingen, 2008, I, pp. 280, 282, no. 128, illustrated).

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