Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678) and Studio

A paradise landscape with the Fall of Man

Details

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.

Provenance

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

Literature

K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678), I, Freren, 1984, pp. 288-9, no. 110, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

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.

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