Details
Jan Havicksz. Steen (1626-1679)
A Doctor taking a Lady's Pulse in a Bedroom
signed 'JSteen' (JS in monogram)
15 5/8 x 14 1/8in. (39.7 x 35.8cm.)
A Doctor taking a Lady's Pulse in a Bedroom
signed 'JSteen' (JS in monogram)
15 5/8 x 14 1/8in. (39.7 x 35.8cm.)
Provenance
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), by 1854, and by descent at Bowood, Wiltshire, to the 8th Marquis of Lansdowne; Christie's, 16 May 1952, lot 88 (1,700gns.)
with Eugene Slatter, London, 1952
Anon. Sale, Brussels, 13 Oct. 1953
Sir Edward Cripps, 74 Fountain House, Park Lane, London; (+)Christie's, 15 July 1955, lot 75 (1,000gns. to Lord Blackford)
Lord Blackford; Christie's, 24 May 1957, lot 41 (900gns.)
with Eugene Slatter, London, 1952
Anon. Sale, Brussels, 13 Oct. 1953
Sir Edward Cripps, 74 Fountain House, Park Lane, London; (+)Christie's, 15 July 1955, lot 75 (1,000gns. to Lord Blackford)
Lord Blackford; Christie's, 24 May 1957, lot 41 (900gns.)
Literature
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 163
G. E. Ambrose, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging to the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G. at Lansdowne House, London and at Bowood, Wilts., London, 1897, p. 106, no. 159
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., I, London, 1908, p. 56, no. 162
K. Braun, Het komplete werk van Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, p. 116, no. 219, illustrated
G. E. Ambrose, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging to the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G. at Lansdowne House, London and at Bowood, Wilts., London, 1897, p. 106, no. 159
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., I, London, 1908, p. 56, no. 162
K. Braun, Het komplete werk van Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, p. 116, no. 219, illustrated
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Works by the Old Masters, 7 Jan. - 22 March 1884, no. 132