Lot 117: A wedding procession through a town

Nicolas Baullery (Paris 1560-1630) A wedding procession through a town oil on canvas 41¾ x 59¼ in. (106 x 150.5 cm.) with remains of an inventory number (lower right)

106 x 150.5 cm.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1983, lot 17, as 'Pieter Brueghel III'. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 April 1999, lot 99 (£ 20,700). Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 2000, lot 152 (£23,500), when acquired by the late owner.

Only three signed works by the artist are recorded, including an Adoration of the Shepherds in the Church of Saint Etiènne, Toulouse. Sylvain Kerspern has identified a number of other works by this artist including a pair of paintings offered in these Rooms, 24 May 1991, lot 14, as 'Circle of Peter Brueghel III', which relate closely to the present picture both in figure type and composition.