After Jan Havicksz. Steen

A romping couple in a landscape

Details

After Jan Havicksz. Steen
A romping couple in a landscape
with signature and the date lower left J. Steen f 1651
oil on canvas
92.5 x 129.5 cm

Provenance

Moritz Kann; Sale, Paris, 9 June 1911, lot 74 (frs 4500)
Coll. Crol, Rotterdam
Anon. Sale, Van Marle & Bignell The Hague, 15 December 1969, lot 199 (dfl. 17.000)

Literature

C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue Raisonné, etc., Vol.I, p.202, N^o796 (as replica by J.Steen)
B.D. Kirschenbaum, The Religious and Historical Paintings of Jan Steen, 1977, p.44
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, 1980, p.118, under n^o.235
Catalogus van de schilderijen en tekeningen, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, 1983, p.317, under n^o 405

Lot Essay

The original, on canvas, signed, 66 x 80.5 cm, is in the Stedelijk Museum the Lakenhal, Leiden since 1907 (Braun, op.cit, n^o235). It is generally believed to date from the early 1660s, although the present copy and another one bear dates from the 1650s. The picture is thought to be a pendant to a painting of a couple by a pigeon-loft, now in a private collection in Zürcich (K.Braun, op.cit., n^o237). As such they were offered at the Ten Kate Sale, Amsterdam, 10 June 1801, lot 146. The catalogue of Lakenhal lists two other copies: one in the collection of Mrs. Hoog-Stroevenbelt, Zutphen 1979; and another offered for sale at Koller, Zürich, 6 May 1966.

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