Adoration of the Magi, The - London - Christies 2022
Pieter Bruegel the Younger - Workshop
Location:
London - England - Christies 2022
Material:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
122,5 x 168
Unverfehrt catalogue:
De Vrij catalogue:
More information
Copy from the painting in the ‘Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten’ in Antwerp (inv. 847)
Credit line:
History:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 December 1983, lot 116, as 'Pieter Balten', with incorrect provenance. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1990, lot 82, as 'Circle of Pieter Brueghel the Younger', when acquired by the father of the present owners. - Auctioned on the Christies Old Master evening sale from July 7, 2022, lot 3
Literature:
P. Sutton, Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1990, p. 43, no. 4, under 'copies and versions', with incorrect provenance. S.J. Kostyshyn, “Door tsoeken men vindt”: a reintroduction to the life and work of Peeter Baltens alias Custodis of Antwerp (1527–1584), PhD thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 1994, I, no. 83C. K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/38): die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Lingen, 2000, I, p. 319, no. A282, illustrated.
