The same gouache (39 x 53,4) of his sun Pieter Bruegel the Younger can be seen in the Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf.
Credit line:
Although there is no doubt as to the authenticity, the experts are not in agreement about the date. Thanks to the cleaning and removal in 2017/2018 the dating of the work has also been adjusted for two years. From 1961 to 1963.
History:
According to Van Mander was the painting in the collection of Rudolph II. It occurs on the 17th-century inventories of the Hradschin in Prague. It was in 1648, during the sack of the town, by the Sweden stolen and popped up again only on in the 19th century. In 1894 it was offered at auction in Cologne, where Mayer van den Berg on the advice of Friedländer for 390 Mark bought.
