At Cnock, a new auction house in Brussels, they sell as lot 64 a very nice Jan Breughel the Younger. The very same painting was sold in 2011 for 220,000 Euro. Why someone would sell this work four years later at an auction in a brand new auction house and not with some internationally known house is not clear to me though, it doesn't seem a good way to get maximal exposure and your money back (unless it is an attempt to give the auction house maximal exposure of course).
The website gives no estimates and no indication of a reserve price, so perhaps (but unlikely) this is your chance to get a good Jan Brueghel at a bargain price!
The same auction also has as lot 130 a Hendrick de Meyer which was sold at Christie's 8 years ago for 7,450 Euro. The one at Christie's looks a lot cleaner though, but perhaps that's just the lighting of the photo.
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