LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on single plank oak panel

Measurements:

18.03 in. (45.80 cm.) (height) by 23.74 in. (60.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower left: JS(in ligature)teen

Literature:

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, vol. IV, London 1833, pp. 40-41, no. 126;; G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, vol. II, London 1854, p. 329;; T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen: Étude sur l'art en Hollande, The Hague 1856, p. 161, no. 374;; C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, vol. I, London 1907, p. 193, no. 727;; K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam 1980, p.157, no. A-556;; W.T. Kloek, in H. Perry Chapman, W. T. Kloek, A.K. Wheelock Jr., Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller, exhibition catalogue, London 1996, pp. 142-145, cat. no. 14, reproduced in colour;; A. van Suchtelen, In the Mauritshuis. Jan Steen, exhibition catalogue, Zwolle & The Hague 2011, pp. 10-11, reproduced.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 26 March 1824, lot 160 (for £85 1s. to Emmerson); From whom acquired by M.M. Zachary, London, 1825-1828; From whom acquired by John Smith, London; From whom acquired by Johann Moritz Oppenheim, London, for £200, circa 1830; His deceased sale, London, Christie's, 4 June 1864, lot 22 (for £294 to Haines); William Delafield, London; His deceased sale, London, Christie's, 30 April 1870, lot 74 (for £525 to Pearce); S. Herman de Zoete, Pickhurst Mead, Hayes (his label affixed to the reverse), by 1884 until at least 1908; E. Parsons, London, 1923; Vanderbilt Family Collection, U.S.A; Thence by descent, latterly in Santa Barbara, California, until sold ("Property of a West Coast Private Collector"), New York, Sotheby's, 2 June 1989, lot 15; With Johnny van Haeften, 1990; Dutch Renaissance Art Collection, Amsterdam 1990-1995; With Robert Noortman, Maastricht, 1995, from whom acquired by the father of the present owners.