Old Master Paintings
Friday 19 September 2008, 02.30 PM
AMBROSIUS BOSSCHAERT the Elder
(Antwerp 1573–1621 The Hague)
Bouquet with tulips, an iris, carnation, cyclamen, marigold, forget-me-not, some rosemary foliage and other flowers in a rummer, with butterflies, a bee, a top shell and a fly. 1608.
Oil on copper.
Signed lower left AB (linked) and dated lower right 160..(?).
26 × 18.1 cm.
AMBROSIUS BOSSCHAERT the Elder
Sold for CHF 5.77 Mio.
PIETER BRUEGHEL the younger
(Brussels 1564–1638 Antwerp)
Peasants brawling over a card game. 1620.
Oil on panel.
Signed and dated lower left: P. BREVGHEL 16(20).
39.8 × 56 cm.
PIETER BRUEGHEL the younger
Sold for CHF 715 000