LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

16.22 in. (41.20 cm.) (height) by 14.06 in. (35.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'JSteen.' (JS linked, lower left); with a red wax seal 'L. Dufraim' and another red wax seal on the reverse

Literature:

B.D. Kirschenbaum, The Religious and Historical Paintings of Jan Steen, Oxford, 1977, p. 146, no. 86c, fig. 102, as on canvas and measuring 41.5 x 35.5 inches. K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, no. 287, as on canvas and measuring 105 x 90 cm

Provenance:

Collection Lady Thomond; her sale; Christie's, London, 19 May 1821, lot 54. In the present family since at least 50 years