Peasants drinking and merrymaking in an interior

Details

Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
Peasants drinking and merrymaking in an interior
oil on panel, circular, made up to a rectangle
6 5/8 x 5¾ in. (16.8 x 14.6 cm.), including additions

Provenance

with Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, 1958, from whom acquired by
Salomon Anholt, New York, and by descent.

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Lot Essay

Dr. Bernhard Schnackenburg has confirmed the attribution and dated the painting to circa 1642, drawing comparison with panels in the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (private correspondence with the vendor, dated 29 November 2008).

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