LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

12.99 in. (33.00 cm.) (height) by 10.39 in. (26.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'JSteen' (lower right)

Exhibited:

(Possibly) London, British Institution, 1838. (Probably) London, British Institution, 1839, no. 26. Amsterdam, May-June 1938, no. 82. Laren, Singer Museum, Kunstchatten, Twee Nederlandse collecties schilderijen uit de vijftiende tot en met de zeventiende eeuw, 14 June-16 August 1959, no. 76, fig. 39.

Literature:

J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné.., IV, London, 1833, p. 18, no. 57, as 'a highly finished work'. T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen, The Hague, 1856, p. 158, nos. 355 and 432. C. Gueullette, 'Les Cabinets d'Amateurs à Paris: La collections de M. H. de Greffulhe, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, series II, XV, 1877, pp. 159, 166. C. Hofestede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné.., I, London, 1907, pp. 101-102, no. 383. Sammlung Becker, Dortmund, 1967, no. 84, [n.p.]. K. Braun, Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, no. B-104, under rejected attributions.

Provenance:

Johan Diederik Meerdervoort, burgomaster of Dordrecht, and Jan van Huysum (+), painter; Amsterdam, Verkolje/Bosch, 14 October 1749, lot 36 (Dfl. 30). Charles Alexandre de Calonne, minister, Paris; (+), Skinner & Dyke, London, 26 March 1795, lot 37 (£40). Christie's, London, 1831 (36 gns.), according to Hofstede de Groot. George Morant, London; Phillips, London, 18 May 1832, lot 42 (£53). Earl of Clare; (+), Christie's, London, 17 June 1864, lot 27 (74 gns. to Ripp). Thomas Howard, London; (+), Christie's, London, 10 May 1873, lot 76 (184 gns. to F. Niewenhuys). Comte Henri Greffulhe (1848-1932), 1872; sold by order of the Comtesse Greffulhe and the Duc & Duchesse de Gramont, Sotheby's, London, 22 July 1937, lot 94 (£1,250 to Matthiesen). with D. Katz, Dieren, 1938. Hendrikus Egbertus ten Cate collection, Almelo. Sidney James van den Bergh, Wassenaar, 1953. Heinrich Becker, Dortmund, by 1960. with Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam (according to a label on the reverse). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 25 (£276,500 to the following). with Johnny van Haeften, London, where acquired in 1999 by the present owner.