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Pieter Brueghel the Younger: The Tower of Babel  wikidata:Q27554204 reasonator:Q27554204
Artist
Pieter Brueghel the Younger  (1564–1638)  wikidata:Q255828
 
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Alternative names
Pieter Brueghel , Pieter Breugel (II), Pieter Breughel (II), Pieter Bruegel (II), Hell Brueghel
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death between 23 May 1564 and 10 October 1564
date QS:P,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1564-05-23T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1564-10-10T00:00:00Z/11
 Spring 1638
date QS:P,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720559
Location of birth/death City of Brussels Antwerp
Work period 1579–1638
Work location
Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q255828
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Title
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Tower of Babel Edit this at Wikidata
Date Unknown date
Unknown date
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 145 cm (57 in); width: 176.5 cm (69.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,145U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,176.5U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Object history With Gallery Nicholson, New York, 1951, no. 5;
E.Z. Richards, England;
By whom sold ('The Property of E.Z. Richards, Esq.'), London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1966, lot 127, for £6,000 to Julius Weitzner;
With Julius Weitzner, London;
With Hallsborough Gallery, London, 1969;
Giuseppe Nehmad, Milan, 1969;
Charles de Pauw (1920-1984), Brussels;
His deceased sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 April 1986, lot 23;
Where acquired by the father of the former owners.
sold at Sotheby's 2012
Source/Photographer Sotheby's London, 04 July 2012, lot 12
Other versions
a similar painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

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