Van der Doort c.1639

Brueghel the Younger

Three Swiss, a drummer, a fifer (fluter) and an ancient (little full-length figures)

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 69, № 36
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
0ft 8in x 0ft 7in (20.3 x 17.8cm)
Medium: 
black and white oil colours on panel
Frame: 
all-over gilded frame
Provenance: 
Endymion Porter
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
gift
Location: 
Chair Room
Room description extended: 
King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery
Original Manuscript page number: 
B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 13; MS Ash 1514, f. 92 and V&A MS, f. 89, no 36 (WS 225)
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 588, 20 x 18
Interpreting the text: 
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

Pieter Bruegel I