Combat between Carnival and Lent
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
(Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions36.5 x 63.5 cm (14 3/8 x 25 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund, Abbott Lawrence Fund, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, William Wilkins Warren Fund, and Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number49.82
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceAsgille Colville. Baron Auchterlonie, near Oxford. Col. A.A. Moller, London; February 28, 1946, sold by Moller at Robinson & Foster, London, lot 124, and bought by Frank Sabin, London; by 1949, with David M. Koetser, New York [see note 1]; 1949, sold by Sabin (and Koetser?) to the MFA for $34,000. (Accession Date: March 10, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] according to letter of March 1, 1949 from David M. Koetser, New York, to Hans Swarzenski of the MFA in curatorial file, Mr. Sabin is referred to as a "co-owner."
NOTES:
[1] according to letter of March 1, 1949 from David M. Koetser, New York, to Hans Swarzenski of the MFA in curatorial file, Mr. Sabin is referred to as a "co-owner."
