Description
JAN BRUEGHEL THE ELDER (1568-1625)
THE ELEMENT OF AIR, GANYMEDE CARRIED ALOFT BY JUPITER DISGUISED AS AN
eagle ,Oil on copper
10.5cm x 10.5cm (4.25in x 4.25in)
Footnote
Note:This is the pendant to 'The Element of Fire' sold at Christie's London, on 11 April 1986, lot 48 which is signed and dated 160(6?) and sold for £40,000
Provenance:Mrs E.M.Marr sale, Christie's, 24 July 1931, lot 155 ( one of a pair: 4 gns. to C.Boot) Thence by descent to the present owner .