LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

14.06 in. (35.70 cm.) (height) by 10.94 in. (27.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in monogram middle right: JV

Literature:

C. Wright, . Vermeer , London 1976, p. 10, reproduced, fig. 4;. P.C. Sutton, . Pieter de Hooch , Oxford 1980, reproduced fig. 59;. A. Jensen Adams, . Dutch and Flemish Paintings from New York Private Collections , exhibition catalogue, New York 1988, pp. 136-137, cat. no. 56, reproduced. pp. 122

Provenance:

Samuel Woodburn, London;. His estate sale, London, Christie's, 15-19 May 1854, lot 799 (as van der Meer);. There acquired by Beriah Botfield;. Thence by descent to the Marquess of Bath, Longleat House, until 1986;. With Otto Naumann Ltd., New York, 1987;. From whom acquired by the present collector