The painting is believed to have been painted between 1615 and 1617 and depicts one of Brueghel the Younger's common themes 'The Village Lawyer' - a bustling legal office in a rural community.
One of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger's largest known works, whose discovery behind the television room door of a house in northern France amazed the art world, fetched 780,000 euros at auction in Paris Tuesday.
"I arrived in a small television room which was not very well lit. I started making my estimates in the living room and turning around behind the door, there were two thirds of the painting visible," Malo de Lussac of the auctioneers Daguerre Val de Loire, told The Associated Press. "And that's when in fact I discovered the painting. It was a bit of a surprise."
The painting is believed to have been painted between 1615 and 1617 and depicts one of Brueghel the Younger's common themes "The Village Lawyer" - a bustling legal office in a rural community. The vibrant painting measures 112cm high and 184cm wide, and is one of Brueghel the Younger's two biggest pieces.
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