Winter’s Pleasures Through the Eyes of Pieter Bruegel the Younger

Result EUR744,000

Published on 23 May 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 15 May 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 13, rue Paul-Cabet - 21000 Dijon

This is one of Pieter Bruegel the Younger’s many—and most sought-after—copies of a painting by his father.

Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/1565-1636), Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and... Winter’s Pleasures Through the Eyes of Pieter Bruegel the Younger

Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/1565-1636), Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and Bird Trap, oil on panel, 38 x 55 cm/14.96 x 21.65 in.
Result: €744,000

This work, a version of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s original 1565 Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters and Bird Trap , has never come up for auction before. His son and namesake painted the replica on panel (38 x 55…

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One icy winter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted his Brabant village, Sint-Anna-Pede. In this unique work, his son, Pieter Bruegel the Younger, delivers his version of the composition, one of the famous family’s most highly-prized works.