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DescriptionThe Property of a Private Collector
Jan Havicksz. SteenLeiden 1626 - 1679‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind
signed lower left on the stone slab in imitation of a carving: JSteen (JS in compendium)oil on oak panel55.7 x 77.2 cm.; 22 x 30⅜ in.
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私人收藏楊・哈菲克斯・施特恩1626 - 1679年，萊登《雙雙起舞：露台上隨管弦樂跳舞的男女與吃喝玩樂的農民》
款識：藝術家簽名 JSteen（左下石板之上摹仿刻字，縮寫JS）油彩橡木畫板55.7 x 77.2 公分；22 x 30⅜ 英寸Condition reportThe following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: Jan Steen 'The Dancing Couple': a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind Oil on panel, in a modern ebonised frame in good condition. The oak support is in a very good preserved condition. It has no joins or deformations. It is shallowly chamfered on three sides only. There is a repaired hairline fracture, 10 cm in length, visible beneath the seated piper on the left; very minimal paint loss is associated. Under u-v light replacement of the slight paint loss along the split can be detected, along with a very minor scattering of retouchings to the bottom of the female dancer's dress and to the background. The paint layer is in a very well preserved original condition. The bravura brushwork through the sketchily applied medium is plain to see and the fine details to the faces and delicate tendrils of the vines are intact. Chromatic integrity is maintained and the tonal contrast throughout, but particularly to the fabrics, is unadulterated. Marginal tonal improvement would be gained from removal of the varnish. The painting presents very well.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."ProvenancePossibly Pieter de la Court, Leiden (1618–1685);His son Pieter de la Court van der Voort, Leiden (1664–1739);His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Slagregen, 26 August 1772, lot 6, to Fouquet for 215 florins;Pierre Fouquet Jr (a ‘marchand d'estampes’);His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley, 13–14 April 1801, lot 66, for 265 guilders to La Fontaine;Possibly Mr Wilkinson Gloucester Place, London;Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman, Deceased. Removed from his late residence in Gloucester Place’), possibly Mr Wilkinson (according to Westrheene, see Literature), London, Christie's, 25 April 1828, lot 110, for £114–9s. to Emmerson (as ‘The Wedding Day’);Presumably with Thomas Emmerson, London;Charles Brind, by 1832;His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 12 May 1849, lot 67, for £109–4s. to W. Theobald (as ‘the Painter and his family merrymaking at the wedding of his daughter’);Thomas Capron, London;His sale, London, Christie's, 3 May 1851, lot 80, for 190 guineas to Lightfoot (as ‘Jan Steen's wedding’);Joseph Eugène Schneider (1805–1875), Paris;His posthumous sale (‘M. Schneider, Ancien Président du Corps législatif, Gérant des Forges du Creusot’), Paris, Pillet & Escribe, Hôtel Drouot, 6–7 April 1876, lot 36 (as ‘Fête flamande’), for 7,100 francs to Jacobi, reproduced;Presumably bought back or acquired after the sale by Schneider's son Henry Schneider (1840–1898) or grandson Eugène Schneider II (1868–1942); Marie-Zélie (known as May) Schneider (1902–1999), great-granddaughter of Joseph Eugène Schneider, Duchesse de Brissac, Paris, by 1958; With Richard Green, London, 1996–97;Private collection, Europe;Anonymous sale (‘Property from an Important European Private Collection’), London, Sotheby's, 4 July 2007, lot 36, for £1.7m ($3.4m); Acquired at the above sale by Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht;From whom acquired by the present collector in 2007.LiteratureJ. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné..., London 1833, p. 50, under no. 150;T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen Étude sur l'Art en Hollande, The Hague 1856, p. 120, no. 90 (as in the collection of Charles Brind; it had however been sold in his posthumous sale, 1849, see Provenance);C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., London 1908, vol. I, p. 128, no. 479, p. 152, no. 585, p. 169, under no. 646, p. 172, under no. 655;A. Graves, A Century of Loan Exhibitions 1813–1912, vol. III, London 1914, p. 1255;Jan Steen: Tentoonstelling georganiseerd door de Stichting Johan Mauritz van Nassau, exh. cat., Mauritshuis, The Hague, 20 December 1958 – 15 February 1959, no. 18, reproduced plate 18 (with incorrect dimensions: 59 x 37 cm).;K. Braun, Jan Steen Alle tot nu Toe Bekende Schilderijen, Rotterdam 1980, p. 111, no. 181, reproduced;B. Broos et al., Great Dutch Paintings from America, exh. cat., Zwolle 1990, p. 422, reproduced fig. 3, p. 423, n. 27 (with dimensions listed incorrectly as 59 x 37 cm., as location unknown, and listed as a copy but known only from an old photograph);A.K. Wheelock, in H. Perry Chapman et al., Jan Steen Painter and Storyteller, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 28 April – 17 August 1996; and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 21 September 1996 – 12 January 1997, p. 165, n. 3 (with incorrect dimensions: 59 x 37 cm.);W. Kloek, in Important Old Master Paintings, Richard Green, London 1997, no. 18, reproduced in colour, on cover and with details;W. Kloek, Jan Steen (1626–1679), Amsterdam 2005, p. 55, reproduced p. 56, fig. 49;E. Schavemaker, in One Hundred Master Paintings, Zwolle 2007, pp. 318–23, no. 73, reproduced in colour.
ENGRAVEDBy Félix Augustin Milius Paris, reproduced in Schneider sale catalogue, 1876.ExhibitedLondon, British Institution, Catalogue of Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and English Masters, July 1832, no. 161 (as ‘The marriage of Jan Steen's Daughter’), where lent by Charles Brind Esq.;
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Danses et Divertissements, 1948–49, no. 198;
The Hague, Mauritshuis, Jan Steen Tentoonstelling georganiseerd door de Stichting Johan Mauritz van Nassau, 20 December 1958 – 15 February 1959, no. 18, reproduced pl. 18, where lent by the Duchesse de Brissac (with incorrect dimensions: 59 x 37 cm.).Catalogue note