JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1601-1678) The Five Senses: Sight, Touch, Hearing, Taste and Smell
JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1601-1678)
The Five Senses: Sight, Touch, Hearing, Taste and Smell
oil on panel, Touch with the coat of arms of the city of Antwerp and the stamp of the panel maker Guilliam Aertssens (active 1612/13-1638?)
Sight and Smell, 27 5/8 x 44 5/8 in. (70.2 x 113.3 cm.); Hearing, 27 x 43 in. (68.6 x 109.2 cm.); Taste, 27 x 43 3/8 in. (68.6 x 110.1 cm.) and Touch, 27 3/8 x 44 5/8 in. (69.5 x 113.3 cm.)
(5)four with two sets of inventory numbers: the first with 'N75' and 'No:138.'; the second with 'N73' and 'No:153.'; the third with 'N7*' and 'No: 140' and the fourth with 'N..' and 'N 151' (all lower right)
a set of five
Provenance
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Vienna (by 1720, then by descent in the Imperial Collection, deaccessioned by 1796).
Josef Karl Ritter von Klinkosch, Vienna (by 1873); Estate sale, Miethke, Vienna, 2 April 1889, lots 27-32 (as Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen; with incorrect provenance from Archduke Leopold Wilhelm).
Isidore Ritter von Klinkosch (acquired at the above sale).
Baron Wodianer, Vienna (by 1906-1907).
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 April 1907, lots 3-7 (as Jan Breughel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen).
Marino Vagliano (acquired at the above sale, then by descent).
Private collection; sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 October 2001, lot 98 (world auction record for the artist at the time of sale).
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1601-1678)
The Five Senses: Sight, Touch, Hearing, Taste and Smell
oil on panel, Touch with the coat of arms of the city of Antwerp and the stamp of the panel maker Guilliam Aertssens (active 1612/13-1638?)
Sight and Smell, 27 5/8 x 44 5/8 in. (70.2 x 113.3 cm.); Hearing, 27 x 43 in. (68.6 x 109.2 cm.); Taste, 27 x 43 3/8 in. (68.6 x 110.1 cm.) and Touch, 27 3/8 x 44 5/8 in. (69.5 x 113.3 cm.)
(5)four with two sets of inventory numbers: the first with 'N75' and 'No:138.'; the second with 'N73' and 'No:153.'; the third with 'N7*' and 'No: 140' and the fourth with 'N..' and 'N 151' (all lower right)
a set of five
Provenance
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Vienna (by 1720, then by descent in the Imperial Collection, deaccessioned by 1796).
Josef Karl Ritter von Klinkosch, Vienna (by 1873); Estate sale, Miethke, Vienna, 2 April 1889, lots 27-32 (as Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen; with incorrect provenance from Archduke Leopold Wilhelm).
Isidore Ritter von Klinkosch (acquired at the above sale).
Baron Wodianer, Vienna (by 1906-1907).
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 April 1907, lots 3-7 (as Jan Breughel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen).
Marino Vagliano (acquired at the above sale, then by descent).
Private collection; sale, Christie’s, New York, 3 October 2001, lot 98 (world auction record for the artist at the time of sale).
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.