Peasants making music and dancing in a tavern

Details

Attributed to Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
Peasants making music and dancing in a tavern
signed (?) and dated 'A.V. Ostade 1636' (lower left)
oil on panel
17 x 20½ in. (43.2 x 52.1 cm.)

Provenance

Vanderbueken, Brussels, 1840.
J.J. Chapuis; (+) J. & A. Le Roy, Brussels, 4 December 1865, lot 293 (1325 francs) to
De Haest, Antwerp.
Antone Sils; sale, Jean Dirickx, Antwerp, 21 March 1882, lot 34.
Colonel and Mrs. Harry E. Stewart, Dallas, and by descent.

Literature

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., London, 1910, III, p. 312, no. 554, as 'van Ostade'.

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Lot Essay

The present lot appears to be an autograph work by Ostade of 1636. The lively brushwork and tonality appear in other works by the artist of this period, such as Carousing Peasants in an Interior (Munich, Älte Pinakothek) and Dancing Couple (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum). However, on the basis of a digital photograph, Dr. Bernhard Schnackenburg believes this painting to be an old copy after a lost original.

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