Jan Brueghel Landscape Acquired by NGA
December 1 2020
Picture: NGA
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has acquired a landscape by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Dating to 1610 Wooded Landscape with Travelers joins two other works by the artist in their collection.
The painting had been owned by the emigree art dealer Max Stern who fled Germany in 1937. The picture was later acquired by dealer David Koetser who reached a settlement with the Stern Foundation before the NGA acquired the work from him. The acquisition was funded by through The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund.
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