Preaching of John the Baptist (Munich)

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Religious

Dimensions:

41 x 59 cm

Medium:

Support:

Panel

Signature:

BRUEGHEL 1598

Year:

1598

Location/Last Sold:

Munich, Germany, Alte Pinakothek, inv. #834

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #256

Ertz 1979, #51

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Our Attribution:

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Provenance

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1621 to 1622		Possibly in collection of Nicolaes Cornelis Cheeus (as "schilderye Lanschap Sint-Jans Predicatie gedaen by Jan Bruegel")
Until 1691	Antwerp, Belgium	Either this painting or the Basel version (Ertz 257) was in various Antwerp collections until 1691 (in a 1691 inventory it is explicitly said to be "naer syn vader")
1719	Düsseldorf, Germany	Galerie Düsseldorf, inv. #50
1730	Mannheim, Germany	Galerie Mannheim, inv. #47

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Bibliography

Van Gool 1750/51, vol 2. p. 560

Ertz 1979, cat. #51, fig. 51, pp. 429, 566

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #256

Ertz 1979, cat. #51, fig. 51, pp. 429, 566

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #256

Exhibition History

Munich 2013, cat. #25

Discussion

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Elizabeth Honig

Mon, 2012-07-30 17:00

One further version of this has been attributed to Jan the Elder or, alternatively, the Younger: painting in Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen; canvas, 110 x 164.

On the copies by Pieter the Younger, with some discussion of Jan as well, see now Currie and Allart 2012, especially 447-483.

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