Joseph van Bredael (born 1688-1739 Paris)
A mountainous landscape with a figure reading before a cottage
oil on panel
40.3 x 32.6cm (15 7/8 x 12 13/16in).
oil on panel
40.3 x 32.6cm (15 7/8 x 12 13/16in).
Sold for
£8,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 June 2008, lot 272 (as Attributed to Peeter Gysels with a note suggesting an attribution to Jan Brueghel II)
The present landscape, which may have originally been larger on the right, compares favourably to two works by Bredael which were previously with Galerie d'Art St. Honoré, Paris (see K. Ertz and C. Nitze Ertz, Josef van Bredael, (Lingen, 2006), cat. no. 130 and 136, illus. pl. 100 and 104).
Category: Fine Art / Old Master Paintings
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