The Sense of Taste: Boors drinking and smoking by a fireplace in an inn

Details

Attributed to Anthonie Victorijns (Antwerp 1637-1656)
The Sense of Taste: Boors drinking and smoking by a fireplace in an inn
oil on copper
22.7 x 31.8 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, 12 October 1956, lot 74, as Ostade (£47.5p to Bignel).
with W. Utermann, Dortmund.

Special notice

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The original composition by Adriaen van Ostade, now considered lost (oil on panel, 21 x 32.4 cm) was part of a series of the five senses executed in the 1640's. Victorijns is known to have copied van Ostade's compositions in his hometown of Antwerp.

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