Live Auction 7610Important Old Master & British Pictures Day Sale Including Property From The Collection Of The Princely House Of Liechtenstein
Circle of Joseph van Bredael (Antwerp 1688-1739 Paris)
Lot 116

Circle of Joseph van Bredael (Antwerp 1688-1739 Paris)

Travellers arriving at a fortress, an extensive mountainous landscape beyond; and Travellers passing a town, a mountainous landscape beyond

Closed9 July 2008

Price Realised

GBP 30,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Circle of Joseph van Bredael (Antwerp 1688-1739 Paris)
Travellers arriving at a fortress, an extensive mountainous landscape beyond; and Travellers passing a town, a mountainous landscape beyond
oil on panel
6 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (15.4 x 21.9 cm.)
a pair (2)

Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf (1760-1836), and by descent in the Garden Palace at Rossau (where recorded by Falke in 1873 and 1885, loc. cit.); at Schloss Feldsberg, Valtice, Bohemia, from November 1942 until October 1944, when moved to Schloss Moosham, Unternberg, Lungau, until February 1945, when moved to Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

Specialist note

This pair was formerly thought to be the work of the French artist Sebastiaen Leclerc II (1676-1763), but nothing strictly comparable in his oeuvre appears to be known. Painted with admirable finesse, and datable to circa 1700, they seem closer stylistically to Matthys Schoevaerdts or Joseph van Bredael, both of whom were ultimately indebted to Jan Breughel the Elder.