Pieter Brueghel II Brussels 1564/5-1637/38 Antwerp
THE PROPERTY OF VIRGINIA KRAFT PAYSON
Pieter Brueghel II Brussels 1564/5-1637/38 Antwerp

Proverb: 'the nest robber'

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Pieter Brueghel II Brussels 1564/5-1637/38 Antwerp
Proverb: 'the nest robber'
signed 'P.BREUGHEL.' (lower left)
oil on canvas, circular
7 in. 17.8 cm. diameter
Provenance
Rothan collection.
Anonymous sale; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 29-31 May 1890, lot 15.
with Durand-Ruel, 1892.
Charles H. Senff collection.
Anonymous sale; Anderson Galleries, New York, 28 March 1928, lot 14, as 'Pieter the Younger'.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1962.
Private collection, New York.
Literature
G. Glück, Bruegels Gemälde, Vienna, 1932, p. 102, no. 33.
G. Marlier, Pierre Brueghel le Jeune, Brussels, 1969, p. 162, no. 26b.
K. Ertz, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564-1637/38), Lingen, 1998/2000, p. 207, no. E104.
Exhibited
New York, The American Federation of Arts, Dealer's Choice, 16-29 November 1962, no. 34.

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