Live Auction 15655Old Masters Part II
After Adriaen Brouwer
Lot 214

After Adriaen Brouwer

A peasant crushing a louse

Closed19 April 2018

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USD 7,500

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After Adriaen Brouwer
A peasant crushing a louse
oil on panel
8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.3 x 16.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen, Düsseldorf, 10 March 2012, lot 77, as Adriaen Brouwer, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

The prime version of this composition appears to be lost. Further copies are known, including examples in the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover and formerly in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen (now lost).