The quality of Mercy merits £300,000 bid
THE Seven Works of Mercy by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, painted on a panel measuring 17 x 22in (42 x 56cm), raised €450,000 (£300,000) at the sale held by Van Ham (22% buyer’s premium) in Cologne on April 3. It had been estimated at €260,000.
The work, part of the Vischer-Passavant Collection in Basel till 1962 and consigned by a Hessen coll…