LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel, en brunaille

Measurements:

15.98 in. (40.60 cm.) (height) by 12.99 in. (33.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated and inscribed lower right: 1631. / ADri:v:Venne / Haga comit: (AD in ligature) bears a yellow wax seal with the Troubetzkoy coat-of-arms on the reverse

Exhibited:

Frankfurt-am-Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, Summer 1925, no. 257.

Literature:

O. Götz, G. Swarzenski, A. Wolters, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis, Frankfurt 1926, p. 78, no. 226, reproduced plate LXXX; M.M. Hale in Johnny van Haeften, Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, London 2003, no. 38, reproduced.

Provenance:

Possibly Catharina Sloot, widow of Mr. Hieronymus Ranst, The Hague, 1710; Possibly the painting described as sold, The Hague, G. van de Polder, 2 October 1769, lot 41; Sale, "Paintings, Objets d'art and Curiosities from the Collection of Monsieur the Cavalier F. Meazza of Milan," Milan, Jules Sambon, 15-19 April 1884, lot 89 (this lot sold on 17 April); Cereda Collection, Milan; Noseda Collection, Milan; Possibly the painting described as sold, "Collection of Heinrich Gustav Winkle, Hamburg," Cologne, Heberle, 1-3 October 1888, lot 92; Likely the painting described as sold, "Collection of Prince Paul Troubetzkoy," Paris, Hôtel Druout, 3 May 1892, lot 43; Possibly Baroness (Hannah) Mathilde von Rothschild, Schloss Grüneberg, Frankfurt-am-Main; Baroness Lili Schey von Koromla, Frankfurt-am-Main, by 1925; With I. Rosenberg NV, Amsterdam, by 1939 (stock no. 1932); With J. Goudstikker NV, Amsterdam, on commission from Rosenberg, until before December 1940 (inv. no. CB 603); Dutch Private Collection; Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 13 May 2003, lot 20 (and illustrated on the cover); With Johnny van Haeften, London, 2003.