The Wine of Saint Martin's Day

细节

NICOLAS GUÉRARD (CIRCA 1648-1719) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (1525-1569)
The Wine of Saint Martin's Day
engraving, circa 1666-1670, on laid paper, a good, tonal impression of this rare print, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining fillet of blank paper outside the borderline or subject, lacking the text border below, the paper backed with a sheet of modern laid paper, some defects
Sheet 301 x 510 mm.

出版

Not in the Inventaire du Fonds Français.

注意事项

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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拍品专文

According to the dedication and inscription in the lower border, lacking in the present impression, this engraving was commissioned by Abraham Brueghel, the great-grandson of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and dedicated to Gasparo Altieri. The small inscription at lower centre left, just above the borderline, reveals that the composition, depicted here in reverse, was at the time attributed to Abraham's grandfather, Jan Brueghel the Elder, rather than his great-grandfather Pieter. It was only in 2010 that the The Wine of Saint Martin's Day was identified at the Prado, Madrid, as the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the largest of all his paintings.

The Wine of Saint Martin's Day

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