Jan II Bruegel le Jeune (1601-1678)

This nightmarish vision of a blazing Troy borders on the sublime. The subject, highly popular with Flemish collectors in the 17th century and treated here with disturbing eeriness by the artist, echoes very real ancestral fears.

A recurring theme with late 16th-century Northern European artists, here the ruin of Sodom and Gomorrah is brilliantly depicted in a style typical of the great Jan Bruegel.

An early 17th century social satire still relevant today, this painting is a rediscovery. While its corpus is well-known, its size is unique.

Imitating his famous father, Jan "Velvet" Bruegel, Jan II Bruegel, known as the Younger, reinterprets the allegorical theme of the four elements in this work giving full rein to nature.

This sale was a delightful invitation to explore centuries of the past and indulge in reverie—whatever Molière might think.

A hefty result had been expected for the first French portrait of a hunter, painted by Jean Daret, which was preempted by a museum. But the price paid for a painting by Pieter Bruegel Younger—over a million euros—was a surprise.

The 17th-century was a prosperous time for the Low Countries, when Bruegel depicted bustling trade on its roads.

Paul Touzet was one of France's most renowned post-war experts. The sale of part of his collection of paintings and drawings is an opportunity to pay him a well-deserved tribute.

This rare series of four paintings on copper by Bruegel the Younger evokes the family tradition in a real demonstration of virtuosity.

It was a French buyer, who remains anonymous, who placed the winning of €520,000, at Mercier in Lille, for four paintings representing the elements by the Dutch master. A demonstration of virtuosity to be compared with the compositions of his father Jan Bruegel the Elder for Cardinal Federico Borromeo.