Lot 52
52
LUCAS VORSTERMAN (1595-1675) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
LUCAS VORSTERMAN (1595-1675) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)

Peasants fighting over a Game of Cards

Details
LUCAS VORSTERMAN (1595-1675) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Peasants fighting over a Game of Cards
etching with engraving, circa 1620, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression, with narrow margins, trimmed partially inside the platemark but outside the subject and text below, some very minor staining at the lower sheet edge, generally in very good condition
Plate 427 x 520 mm., Sheet 430 x 525 mm.
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 6 October 2003, lot 13.
Literature
Bastelaer, Hollstein 218; Lari 169; New Hollstein A67

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Lot Essay

A painting of this subject, in the opposite direction, by Pieter Brueghel II (circa 1564/5 - 1637/8) was sold in these rooms on 5 July 2018. It is not clear whether it was a painted version of this subject by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, a copy by Rubens, or a drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder which served as a model for this print.

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