LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

42.24 in. (107.30 cm.) (height) by 61.26 in. (155.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'GREGORIO/OOSTERLINCK' (centre right, on the pewter tankard)

Literature:

G. Baker, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northamptonshire, 1838, IV, p. 145. A.P. de Mirimonde, 'Les Sujets de Musique chez les Caravagesques Flamands', Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 1965, pp. 168-9, fig. 42. J. de Maere and M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, Brussels, 1994, no. 920, no. 920.

Provenance:

George Fermor (1768-1830), 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768-1830), York, and by descent to Lord and Lady Hesketh, Easton Neston, their estate sale; Sotheby's, 17 May 2005, lot 84 (£62,400). with Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, by 2007. with Noortman Master Paintings, London and Maastricht, from whom acquired by the present owner.