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Entrance to Village with Windmill (Zurich)

Entrance to Village with Windmill (Zurich)

Object type Painting
Genre Village, Town and Cityscape
Date 1605
Dimensions 19.3 x 28 cm
Support Copper
Medium Oil
Signature BRUEGHEL 1603(5)
Our attribution Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #168
Ertz 1979, #93 as uncertain, possibly studio
Location/Most Recent Sale Zürich, Knecht Collection
Tags Birds, Dog, Horse, Swine, House, Windmill, Burghers, Road, Wagon
Ertz 1979, cat. #93, fig. 143
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #168
Winkelmann-Rhein 1968, pp.57
Brussels 1980, cat. #122
May 27 1949 to Jul 9 1949 London Sale, Slatter Gallery, Lot #19
Before 1970 Hob Farm In the collection of Sir Francis Glynn, Hob Farm, Albury, Much Hadham
Jun 26 1970 London Sale, Christie's, Lot #95
Nov 12 1970 to Nov 30 1970 London Sale, Gallery Koetser
Christine Quach
June 10, 2014

A version dated "1613" on copper (18 x 25.5 cm), in the Mainz Gemaldegalerie, inv. #715, cat. 1911, #52a.
Good copy in Vienna Kunsthistoriches Museum, exhibited in the Royal Academy 'Flemish Art' 1953-1954, cat. #342 (copper, 18.5 x 25.5 cm)
Copy in Hanover
Copy sold Christie's London, December 18, 1980, #124 (copper, 20.3 x 27.3 cm)
Copy sold Christie's London, July 8, 1977, #88 (copper, 18 x 25.7 cm)
Variant in Vienna Liechtenstein collection as signed and dated 1597
Distant variant in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (copper, 19 x 26.7 cm)

Ashley Jerbic
April 26, 2014

The figures seem staged. Specifically, there are characters that he repeats in his works such as the resting couple.