Old Master Paintings, Old Master Works on Paper, and 19th Century Paintings Day Auction

Old Master Paintings, Old Master Works on Paper, and 19th Century Paintings Day Auction

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Property from a Private Collection

Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Elder

The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee

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Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection


Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Elder

Antwerp 1601–1678

The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee


oil on copper

unframed: 28.1 x 37.1 cm.; 11⅛ x 14⅝ in.

framed: 35.2 x 44.2 cm.; 13⅞ x 17⅜ in.

With Hal O’Nians, London, by 1966, and believed to have been acquired at Sotheby’s as Jan Brueghel the Elder;

From whom acquired by the father of the present owner.

This meticulously executed painting is a high-quality workshop replica of a work by Jan Brueghel the Elder, signed and dated 1597, formerly with Johnny van Haeften, London.1 The two figures in the left foreground and the landscape as a whole are taken from an earlier work by Brueghel of 1595 depicting The Sacrifice of Jonah, also formerly with Johnny van Haeften.2


1 Oil on copper; 26.4 x 35.7 cm.; https://rkd.nl/images/55042

2 Oil on copper; 26 x 35 cm.; https://photocollections.courtauld.ac.uk/sec-menu/search/detail/d57acc41-ad77-7347-b97c-4dacfe3f2bc6/media/2a3b29f9-9d09-81de-7ef4-2f1b54dd3291

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