LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

22.24 in. (56.50 cm.) (height) by 16.61 in. (42.20 cm.) (width)

Literature:

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné.., London 1908, vol. I, p. 112, cat. no. 429 (with dimensions of 25 by 20 in.; with incorrect lot number for the 1804 sale); ;. K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam 1980, p. 150, cat. no. A-254 (as only known from documents).

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, P. van der Schley, 7 May 1804, lot 150;. H. S. Wayland (from an old printed label on the reverse);. Dr. John D. Pitts;. By whom (anonymously) sold, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 6 December 1973, lot 135;. There purchased by Mrs. M. Focaroh.