After Adriaen Brouwer

A peasant crushing a louse

Details

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

Provenance

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

Lot Essay

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).

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