"Dutch painting, ca. 1600: November" is a workshop copy of Sebastian Vrancx, Spring or April

Galerie Bassenge, from Germany, sells on 27 May 2016 a "Dutch, ca. 1600" painting of Farmers on the way to the market, estimated at 1,200 Euro.

It is a somewhat weaker (and more damaged) version of a painting by Sebastiaen Vrancx, offered by Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge, an Antwerp art gallery. The work for sale lacks some details, like the axe in the hands of the boy leading the farmer, but is otherwise very close, even down to the colours (which indicates that the work for sale is based on the same painting and not on an engraving or drawing of it). It seems likely that the one for sale is a workshop copy of the one at the Wotrenge gallery.

The work for sale has an indication "November" at the back, indicating that it is one of a series of 12 allegories of the months. However, the Wotrenge gallery makes the case for this being an Allegory of Spring instead, which much better matches the iconography, from the green leaves at the trees to the erection of a maypole in the middle.

It may be part of the same series as the above "Winter" or "January" from the Museum Bredius, which has approximately the same dimensions.

Its value is probably close to 3,000 Euro, as Vrancx is popular at the moment.