Lot 140
Lot 140
ÉCOLE FLAMANDE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, ATELIER DE JAN BRUEGHEL LE JEUNE

Le Paradis terrestre

Price Realised EUR 56,700
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EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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ÉCOLE FLAMANDE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, ATELIER DE JAN BRUEGHEL LE JEUNE

Le Paradis terrestre

Price Realised EUR 56,700
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
Price Realised EUR 56,700
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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ÉCOLE FLAMANDE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, ATELIER DE JAN BRUEGHEL LE JEUNE
Le Paradis terrestre
porte une trace de signature et de date (en bas, au centre)
huile sur cuivre
35,5 x 50 cm (14 x 1923 in.)
Provenance
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Londres, 8 juillet 2010, lot 117 (comme atelier de Jan Brueghel le Jeune).
Exhibited
Côme, Villa Olmo ; Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, La dinastia Brueghel, 24 mars-29 juillet 2012 ; 15 août-20 novembre 2012, n°31 (comme Jan Brueghel le Jeune avec une provenance erronée, et daté 1617 en bas, au centre).
Rome, Chiostro del Bramante, Brueghel. Meraviglie dell'arte fiamminga, 18 décembre 2012-2 juin 2013, n°33 (comme Jan Brueghel le Jeune avec une provenance erronée, et daté 1617 en bas, au centre).
Bologne, Palazzo Albergati ; Turin, Venaria Reale, Brueghel. Capolavori dell’arte fiamminga, 2 octobre 2015-28 février 2016 ; 21 septembre 2016-19 février 2017, n°V.5 (comme Jan Brueghel le Jeune avec une provenance erronée, et signé 1617 en bas, au centre).
FURTHER DETAILS
FLEMISH SCHOOL 17th CENTURY, WORKSHOP OF JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER, THE EARTHLY PARADISE, OIL ON COPPER, WITH A TRACE OF A SIGNATURE AND A DATE (LOWER CENTRE)

This composition is based on one by Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678) currently in the Szepmüveszeti Muzeum in Budapest (inv. no. 550), executed around 1620 before the young painter's Italian journey. We know of four versions of the painting by Brueghel the Younger himself, but this charming composition was so successful that other artists in the painter's circle also reproduced it many times.

Representations of the Earthly Paradise responded to the religious concerns of the time, emphasising the link between God and the natural world. The works of Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), which in turn significantly influenced those of his son, were profoundly influenced by the ideas of Cardinal Borromeo (1564-1631), a great friend of the Flemish painter, who advocated the representation of nature in art as a means of illustrating the divine order.

In 2011 Dr. Klaus Ertz examined this painting in person; his opinion was that it was autograph work by Jan Brueghel the Younger. A copy of his certificate can be made available on request.
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