Sale 2829
Amsterdam
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13 October 2009
Price realised
EUR 18,750
Estimate
Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh (Rotterdam c. 1610-1670) Boors drinking and smoking in a tavern signed 'HM Sorgh.' (HM linked, lower right) oil on panel 35.6 x 45.5 cm. with old inventory number '493' on the reverse
Provenance
Dr. Schiefer, Amsterdam. I. Hellberg, Stockholm, 1938. Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 5 May 1960, lot 121.
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Literature
E.B. Berger, M.J. Friedländer, C.G. Laurin, Alte Gemälde aus der Sammlung Ivar Hellberg, Stockholm, Malmö, 1938.
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