LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

24.57 in. (62.40 cm.) (height) by 22.91 in. (58.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with monogram 'JS' (lower right)

Literature:

Catalogue des nouvelles acquisitions de la Collection Goudstikker, 1930, no. 74, illustrated. H.P. Bremmer (ed.), Beeldende Kunst, IX. January 1935, p. 69, no. 69, illustrated. E. Trautscholdt, Thieme-Becker Kunstler Lexicon, XXXI, Leipzig, 1937, p. 511, no. 39A. B.D. Kirschenbaum. The Religious and Historical Paintings of Jan Steen, Oxford, 1977, p. 148, no. 4, under 'erroneously attributed to Steen'.

Provenance:

Sir Samuel Wilson, London. with Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1919. with The Art Collector’s Association, London, 1921. A.L. Nicholson, London, 1927. with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1930-35. with Galerie Internationale, The Hague, 1938. with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam. Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940. Anonymous sale; H.W. Lange, Berlin, 3-4 December 1940, lot 174 (2,400 Reichsmark). Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, The Hague, on loan to the Dordrechts Museum, 1948-49. Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 3 July 1951, lot 659. Anonymous sale; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 3-4 June 1953, lot 169. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 7 April 1995, lot 148. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 11 December 2002, lot 322. Restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker, August 2018.