Pieter Brueghel d. Ä., um 1525 - um 1569

Pieter Brueghel the Elder,
ca 1525 - ca. 1569

THE CALVARY

Oil on canvas. Relined.
89.5 x 108 cm.

Accompanied by a provenance confirmation of the Provinciaal Vlaamse Kapucijnen about the sale of the painting on January 15, 1972, dated February 1, 2007. Certified extract from: De Antwerpsche Konstkamers/Inventarissen van Kunstverzamelingen te Antwerpen in de 16e en 17e Eeuwen, J. Denuce, 1932, p. 15, authenticated December 30, 1987. Authenticated extract from: Antwerpsch Archievenblad - uitgegeven bij opdracht van het Gemeentebestuur door den Dienst der Stadsarchieven, Tweede Reeks, 6th volume 1931, p. 262. Also attached a technical examination report by Edmond Florens, August 25, 1981, Brussels. Attached is an expert’s report by A. C. Roose, Bruges, June 30, 1975. Also attached is an expert’s report by Prof. S. Bergmans, President of the Académie Royale d’Archéologie de Belgique, Brussels, April 3, 1975. Also an expert’s report by Dr. Dr. Herbert Paulus, Erlangen, April 1, 1973, who concludes that it is a painting preparatory study Pieter Brueghel the Elder and his assistants.

Provenance:
Probably in the collection of Philips van Valckenisse, whose estate was deposited on April 10 - May 3, 1614. In it is mentioned a “Lancworpige schilderye op doec, Cruycinge Ons Heeren.
Probably collection of the spice merchant Hendrik Bartels, 1672. There mentioned “Een schilderey van de Cruyssingh Cristy. Van den ouden Breughel f. 150”.
The present painting was part of the collection of a Capuchin monastery and has been incorporated into the collection between 1852 and 1951.
Acquired there by a Belgian industrialist on January 15, 1972, who had the painting restored by Edmond Florenzs in 1974 and confirmed its provenance on August 26, 1981.

Literature:
The present painting is probably mentioned in writing in: De Antwerpsche Konstkamers/Inventarissen van Kunstverzamelingen te Antwerpen in de 16e en 17e Eeuwen, J. Denuce, 1932, p. 15.
The present painting is probably mentioned in writing in: Antwerpsch Archievenblad - uitgegeven bij opdracht van het Gemeentebestuur door den Dienst der Stadsarchieven, Tweede Reeks, 6. Year 1931, p. 262.