LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on oak panel

Size Notes:

32.5 x 28.1 cm.; 12¾ x 11? in.

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of works by Old Masters, 1884, no. 138 (lent by Earl Howe).

Literature:

C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné..., vol. III, London 1910, p. 333, cat. no. 635 (described as containing six figures).

Provenance:

Richard William Penn, 3rd Earl Howe (1822–1900), Gopsall Atherstone, 1884, and then Penn House, Buckinghamshire;; Thence by descent to Richard George Penn, 4th Earl Howe (1861–1929);; By whom sold, London, Christie's, 7 December 1933, lot 47, for £220–10s. to Healter;; Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Sotheby's, 27 April 2006, lot 38 (as attributed to Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade).