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Lot 76TP

Abraham Brueghel
(Antwerp 1631-1690 Naples)
A young man beside an earthenware jar of wild strawberries alongside a silver-gilt urn filled with flowers

6 December 2017, 15:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Abraham Brueghel (Antwerp 1631-1690 Naples)

A young man beside an earthenware jar of wild strawberries alongside a silver-gilt urn filled with flowers and a dish of peaches, a view to a park landscape beyond
oil on canvas
152 x 203cm (59 13/16 x 79 15/16in).

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Provenance
A Spanish family of title and thence by descent for several generations to the present owner

The figure of the youth in the present composition is by a different hand. Brueghel was known to have collaborated on a number of occasions with Guglielmo Cortese, called Borgognone or Le Bourguignon (1628-1679), in particular. It has also been suggested that he worked with Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) and Paolo de Matteis (1662-1728). In the present work, however, the figure is by a different hand and might best be compared, in terms of both quality and style to Pietro da Cortona (1596/7-1669), suggesting that it could be a relatively early work following Brueghel's move to Rome in 1659.

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