Lot 252. Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564 - 1636 Antwerp), Tondo with depiction of a Dutch proverb. Oil on wood. Diameter: approx. 19 cm. Signed in the left hand corner "P. BREVGHEL ". Estimate: € 90,000 - 120,000. Photo Hampel

Accompanied by a materials analysis by Prof. Dr. Schreiner, Vienna. Accompanied by expert's review by Dr Klaus Ertz, March 2017. 

A farmer is pushed by his wife and a servant in a pigsty, the scene cheered by a people gathering in the background. In the center of the picture is the brightly dressed peasant in stooped attitude. On the belt is a leather bag, on the left foot above the shoe, a cord that runs to the right to the edge of the picture, undoubtedly connected with the meaning which is no longer familiar to us today. A burgher in a red coat and a green vest as well as a white apron and a white kerchief, together with a man with a hat, has to push the farmers into a straw-covered pigsty. Two pig pots appear from the brittle wooden boards of the barn and enjoy beets and spirally reproduced vegetables. In the background are the upper body and heads of ten other people to be recognized, one of the figures spreads his arms. 

Provenance: English private collection. 
Belgian private collection. 
European art trade. 

Beaux-Arts chez Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Munich, Allemagne, le 30 Mars 2017 à 10h00