Hampel sells on 7 April 2016, in an interesting but not always very well researched auction (considering the long number of posts it will spawn), a "Master from Antwerp, early 17th century" Rest on the flight to Egypt, estimated at 20,000 to 25,000 Euro.
The central figure can be found in at least two works by Jan Brueghel the Younger, from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (
1,
2)
The work for sale is very good, but I'm not certain that it is good enough to be a real Brueghel. Tthe quality of the works accepted as genuine ones differs wildly though; in any case, this isn't one of his masterpieces that fetches millions, but if accepted as a genuine Jan Brueghel it should be worth closer to 100,000 Euro probably.
Slam dunk, or so I thought until I came across an Adoration by or after Lucas Van Leyden, sold at Sotheby's in 2002. The painting for sale copies even the basket from this version, but the position of the head of the child is the same as in the topmost Vienna version, while the bottom Vienna version and the Leyden version show another position.
Considering that the remainder of the painting for sale has strong resemblances to the works of Jan Brueghel (not just the two pictured here, but in general), I still think looking at that relation is the most interesting here: but I don't know if the borrowing by Brueghel of elements from Leyden is common (and commonly known) or not.
UPDATE: not sold
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