Lot Essay
The present picture is possibly after an original painting by Quast or after an engraving by Pieter Nolpe (see Hollstein, XIV, p. 180, no. 190, with pendant).
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Peasants drinking and smoking in an interior
Details
Manner of Pieter Jansz. Quast
Peasants drinking and smoking in an interior
with monogram 'PQ' (lower left)
oil on canvas
73.3 x 92.2 cm.
Peasants drinking and smoking in an interior
with monogram 'PQ' (lower left)
oil on canvas
73.3 x 92.2 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Georges Giroux, Brussels, 17/18 February 1956, lot 570, as Dutch School, 17th Century.
(Probably) Anonymous sale; Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, 15/17 May 1963, lot 611, as Pieter Jansz. Quast.
(Probably) Anonymous sale; Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, 15/17 May 1963, lot 611, as Pieter Jansz. Quast.
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