Landing Stage near a Town
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Village, Town and Cityscape |
Date | 1612 |
Dimensions | 22.2 x 31.8 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Signature | BRUEGHEL 1612 |
Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
Other authorities | Ertz 1979, #259 as uncertain, possibly studio |
Location/Most Recent Sale | England, Private Collection |
Tags | Landing stage, River, Peasants, Boat |
I had my doubts about this one and it is not included in Ertz 2008-10, not even mentioned under the copy he accepts as his #124 there. Sutton 1992 lists a number of further versions of this; one that is pretty much identical to the present work and to Ertz 124 (but is not identical to either) and is also signed & dated 1607 (copper, 20.5 x 30.5), Graf Wachtmeister, Wanas). Another that is more a variant, with a wagon on the road at the left, is signed and dated 1610 (copper, 21.5 x 26.7), Chatsworth, Duke of Devonshire collection. Sutton does not accept either of these.
The Devonshire version in turn exists in many versions:
1. Brussels (Galerie Girous, March 15 1926, #10 (panel, 27 x 37).
2. With Slatter, London, April 1953 (copper, 12.6 x 19.4)
3. Formerly with Galerie R. Flinck, Brussels (copper, 24 x 32.5)
4. with Alexander Gallery, London, December 1978 (copper, 21.5 x 31.7)
5. one sold Sotheby's, London, March 24 1976 #93, possibly the same as the above.
Other versions and copies of the present painting noted by Sutton:
1. sold Paris, Galliera, June 20 1961 (copper, 21 x 22)
2. sold Paris, Charpentier, May 12 1948, (panel, 20 x 30.5)
3. sold London, Christie's, April 14 1978 #123 (panel, 19.7 x 31.1) -- possibly same as above
4. sold Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, May 7 1975 (copper, 17.5 x 22.5)