Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff (1571-1643)

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Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff (1571-1643)

An old Peasant holding a Basket with Eggs, a dog at his side, a milkjug beyond

indistinctly signed lower left CJD(linked)elff, oil on panel 60.6 x 81 cm

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Van Marle & Bignell The Hague, 1 July 1941, lot 5
Anon. Sale, Mak van Waay Amsterdam, 27 February 1968, lot 79A, with ill.
with Borzo, Bois-le-Duc, from whom acquired by the present owner before 1975

Lot Essay

For the attribution, compare the signed painting in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv.no. A 779. A version of the present composition was offered at Diederiks, The Hague, 29 November 1982, lot 23, as Pieter Cornelisz. van Rijck (photograph in the R.K.D.)

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