Attributed to BRUEGHEL the Younger Jan (1568 -... Lot 38

Attributed to BRUEGHEL the Younger Jan (1568 - 1625) Animated view of a village Pen and brown ink, gray wash, later red and black pen highlights Height 15.2 cm, width 18.5 cm Slightly insolated, small stains and small folds Watermark with lion close to Heawood 3121 (Douai 1607) The same village can be found in a drawing kept in the Louvre Museum (inv.19.752). This village is also depicted in an oil on copper, "Saint Matin", dated 1611, now in the Lobkowicz collection, Nelahozeves Castle, Czech Republic. (see T. Gerszi, L. Wood Ruby, "Jan Brueghel / A magnificent draughtsman," exhibition catalog, October 5, 2019-January 26, 2020, Antwerp, no. 24a and 24b, p.74, repr.) A watermark with a lion close to Heawood 3121 can also be found on a drawing by Jan Brueghel in the Rijkmuseum (inv. 1897 A 3370)