Provenance

Ulrich Karl Christian Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869-1928), Berlin.
Anton W.M. Mensing (1866-1936); his sale (†), Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 15 November 1938, lot 17, as 'Jan Brueghel I'.
Private collection, Enschede, until 1991, when acquired by the present owners.
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025, nr. 126

Other works by Jan Brueghel the Younger

Figures loading sacks onto a cart before a windmill, a village beyond

Roses, parrot tulips, narcissi, a lily, a delphinium, borage, moss roses, forget-me-nots, viola and other flowers in a pewter vase, with a strawberry sprig and a fly on a wooden ledge

Roses, tulips, an iris and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone plinth

Satire on the Tulpmania
c. 1637

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary