



Lot 28*,TP
Follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder(circa 1525-1569 Brussels)Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery
5 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£15,000 - £20,000
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Poppy Harvey-Jones
Head of Sale
Follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder (circa 1525-1569 Brussels)
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery
oil on panel
88.8 x 112.1cm (34 15/16 x 44 1/8in).
oil on panel
88.8 x 112.1cm (34 15/16 x 44 1/8in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Private Collection, Denmark, for at least 20 years
Numerous versions of the present work exist, all of which follow an original design by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, en grisaille, which was bequeathed to The Courtauld Gallery, London and engraved in the same sense by Petrus Perret in 1579. Versions also exist by Pieter Brueghel the Younger or his workshop, including one in the John G. Johnson Collection, Museum of Art, Philadelphia (acc.no. J423).