"Follower of Breughel" is a copy after Hans Bol

Auktionshaus Saarbrücken, from Germany, sells on 1 September 2018 an "Unknown artist, follower of Breughel, probably 17th century" depiction of the Parable of the Tares (the auction house thinks it is the Parable of the Sower, but that's a different story), estimated at 900 Euro.

It is a copy after an engraving by Hans Bol from 1574, as can be found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. The church on the left, the castle on the right with the central round tower, the figure of the sowing devil, the sleeping man on the right, ... are all taken from the engraving. Only the horses have been removed, and the trees made a bit fuller (which would look bad in an engraving). I don't think the painting is good enough to be by Bol, even though he wasn't always the most accomplished painter either, but it still is an interesting old work and the estimate is about right.