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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder
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The Ruins of Castle Merxem, near Antwerp
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General Info
Object Type:
Drawing
Genre:
Ruins
Dimensions:
16.5 x 31.2 cm
Medium:
Ink
Ink Wash
Medium Remarks:
Pen and brown ink with pink, blue, gray, and yellow washes
Support:
Paper
Support Marks:
Collector's marks: (Verso, LL) K.E. von Kiphart (L. 1687), (Verso, UL) R. von Liphart (L. 1758)
Further Inscription:
UR: "Kastel van straelen bij Antwerp 1610"; "P. Breugel" in pen and ink (probably the hand writing of Jan Pietersz. Zomer, 1641-1724); Verso, "N233"; Verso, UL: "P. Zaenredam...(crossed out) nein da dieser war 1597 geboren.../ P Breughel bezeichnet, aber wohl unsicher/ Gruyter B 12th"
Year:
1610
Location/Last Sold:
New York, NY, United States,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
, 2001.638
Attribution
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Bailey/Walker cat. #NY.MM.2
Our Attribution:
Jan Brueghel the Elder
External Links
Metropolitan Museum of Art object page
Family Site
Pieter Bruegel Site
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"Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder."
The Brueghel Family Database.
University of California, Berkeley. http://janbrueghel.net/ (accessed February 24, 2021).