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Circle of Jan Brueghel II (Antwerp 1601-1678)
Lot 107 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Circle of Jan Brueghel II (Antwerp 1601-1678)

A village landscape with a kermesse

Closed7 December 2007

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GBP 78,500

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Circle of Jan Brueghel II (Antwerp 1601-1678)
A village landscape with a kermesse
oil on a copper engraver's plate
10 x 14½ in. (25.5 x 36.7 cm.)

Admiral Sir Frederic Brock, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., C.B., (1854-1929), by whom bequeathed to his nephew John Errington Lang, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The copper plate support on which this picture is painted was originally used to print the Game of the Goose in an edition that was published by F. van den Wijngaerde (1614-1679). The Game of the Goose, which consists of a spiralling gameboard pattern with 63 fields, was apparently invented by Francesco I de' Medici as a gift for Philip II of Spain in circa 1580, and spread quickly in popularity across Europe.