Entrance to Village with Windmill (Zurich)

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Village, Town and Cityscape

Dimensions:

19.3 x 28 cm

Medium:

Support:

Copper

Signature:

BRUEGHEL 1603(5)

Year:

1605

Location/Last Sold:

Zürich, Knecht Collection

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #168

Ertz 1979, #93

Honig database as uncertain, possibly studio

Our Attribution:

Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio

Provenance

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May 27 1949 to Jul 9 1949	London, England	Sale, Slatter Gallery, Lot #19
Before 1970	Hob Farm, England	In the collection of Sir Francis Glynn, Hob Farm, Albury, Much Hadham
Jun 26 1970	London, England	Sale, Christie's, Lot #95
Nov 12 1970 to Nov 30 1970	London, England	Sale, Gallery Koetser

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Bibliography

Ertz 1979, cat. #93, fig. 143

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #168

Winkelmann-Rhein 1968, pp.57

Ertz 1979, cat. #93, fig. 143

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #168

Winkelmann-Rhein 1968, pp.57

Exhibition History

Brussels 1980, cat. #122

Discussion

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Christine Quach

Tue, 2014-06-10 17:00

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)

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Ashley Jerbic

Sat, 2014-04-26 17:00

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

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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder

Entrance to Village with Windmill (Zurich)

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