Name: CIRCLE OF SEBASTIAN VRANCX (ANTWERP 1573-1647)
Brand: The battle between Bréauté and Lekkerbeetje on the Vughterheide, 5 February 1600
Price: 4000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

CIRCLE OF SEBASTIAN VRANCX (ANTWERP 1573-1647)
The battle between Bréauté and Lekkerbeetje on the Vughterheide, 5 February 1600
oil on panel
21³⁄₄ x 31⁷⁄₈ in. (55.3 x 81 cm.)

Private collection, England, circa 1831-1857 (according to the stamp of Francis Leedham, a picture liner active in London at those dates, on the baton on the reverse of the panel).

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This painting depicts a notorious incident that occurred during the Eighty Years' War after Bréauté, a French nobleman in the service of Prince Maurice of Orange, had insulted the Lord of Grobbendonk, the Governor of the pro-Spanish city of 's-Hertogenbosch. A duel between the two was subsequently arranged and each arrived with twenty cavalrymen (the incident is also known as 'The Battle of the Forty'). However, it was soon discovered that Grobbendonk had sent his Lieutenant, Leckerbeetje, in his place. Enraged, Bréauté immediately killed him, whereupon a violent battle ensued, in which the Frenchman was eventually defeated and killed.

Several versions of this composition are known, none of which are accepted as autograph by Joost vander Auwera and Laurijssen. This work is closely comparable with the version offered in these Rooms, 13 December 1996, lot 43, as 'Attributed to Vrancx'.