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JAN STEEN (LEIDEN 1626-1679)
A fortune teller and peasants before an inn with a river landscape beyond
signed 'JSteen' (lower left, 'JS' in ligature)
oil on canvas
191⁄2 x 261⁄4 in. (49.5 x 66.6 cm.)
Provenance
Herbert W. Mertens Westphalia; (†) Christie's, London, 2 March 1833, lot 68, 42 gns. to the following,
Mr Chaplin; sale, Amsterdam, 1833 (470 fls).
with Agnew's, London, by 1907.
Anonymous sale [J.D. Kruseman et al.]; Frederick Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 11 December 1919, lot 99, illustrated.
with Nathan Katz, Dieren, by 1936.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, no. 17602.
Thomas Mellon Evans, New York; Christie's, New York, 22 May 1998, lot 51.Literature
J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, London, 1842, p. 502, no. 74.
T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen études sur l'art en Hollande, The Hague, 1856, no. 395.
C. Hofsede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London, 1907, I, p. 69, no. 223.
A. Bredius, Jan Steen 1927, p. 31, illustrated.
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende Schilderijen van Jan Steen Rotterdam, 1980, pp. 92-93, no. 44, illustrated.Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
Details
JAN STEEN (LEIDEN 1626-1679)
A fortune teller and peasants before an inn with a river landscape beyond
signed 'JSteen' (lower left, 'JS' in ligature)
oil on canvas
191⁄2 x 261⁄4 in. (49.5 x 66.6 cm.)
Provenance
Herbert W. Mertens Westphalia; (†) Christie's, London, 2 March 1833, lot 68, 42 gns. to the following,
Mr Chaplin; sale, Amsterdam, 1833 (470 fls).
with Agnew's, London, by 1907.
Anonymous sale [J.D. Kruseman et al.]; Frederick Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 11 December 1919, lot 99, illustrated.
with Nathan Katz, Dieren, by 1936.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, no. 17602.
Thomas Mellon Evans, New York; Christie's, New York, 22 May 1998, lot 51.Literature
J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, London, 1842, p. 502, no. 74.
T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen études sur l'art en Hollande, The Hague, 1856, no. 395.
C. Hofsede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London, 1907, I, p. 69, no. 223.
A. Bredius, Jan Steen 1927, p. 31, illustrated.
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende Schilderijen van Jan Steen Rotterdam, 1980, pp. 92-93, no. 44, illustrated.Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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