Live Auction 2869Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678) and Studio
Lot 58

Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678) and Studio

A paradise landscape with the Fall of Man

Closed1 November 2011

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Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678) and Studio
A paradise landscape with the Fall of Man
oil on panel
49.7 x 83.9 cm.

Fleischmann; Soehle, Munich, 29-30 October 1907, lot 194, as H. de Clerck.
Anonymous sale; Lepke, Berlin, 13 April 1908, lot 98.

Specialist note

In the Fleischmann collection, the picture had a pendant showing The Creation of Adam. The composition of The Fall of Man is known in at least two other versions, one in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan (inv. no. 69) and one offered for sale with Lempertz, Cologne, 29 October 1941, lot 11.