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The Mill on the Pier

The Mill on the Pier

Object type Painting
Genre Village, Town and Cityscape
Date 1613
Dimensions 25 x 35.4 cm
Support Copper
Medium Oil
Signature BRUEGHEL 1613
Our attribution Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #166
Ertz 1979, #271
Location/Most Recent Sale Zürich, David Koetser Gallery
Tags Birds, Windmill, Coast, Landing stage, Burghers, Boat
Ertz 1979, cat. #271, fig. 185, pp. 338-40
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #166
Saxony Collection of Friedrich August II of Saxony
May 19 1979 to Jun 4 1979 Zürich Sale, Koller Gallery, Lot #5048
Christine Quach
June 9, 2014

Copy sold Sotheby's London, February 13, 1985, #114 (panel, 55.2 x 71.8 cm)

E.A. Honig
April 20, 2014

There is a weak variant in poor condition on panel with dimensions 14 x 19 cm in Madrid, Prado, inv. #1445.
Poor copy listed at RKD as with dealer Katz, Dieren.
There is also a copy sold at Schonfeld in Berlin in 1914.
Numerous further copies listed in Ertz 1979, and with poor photos at RKD; none seem to be genuine. This was one of those compositions that worked well and was easy to reproduce, apparently.