A group of figures drinking and smoking before an inn

Details

Attributed to Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem 1660-1704)
A group of figures drinking and smoking before an inn
oil on panel
18 1/8 x 14 ¾ in. (46.1 x 37.5 cm.)

Provenance

[From a Private Collection]; Christie's, New York, 11 January 1989, lot 205, as Cornelis Dusart, where acquired by the present owner.

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Please note this lot is sold without a reserve.

Lot Essay

This composition relates to a watercolor, dated 1675, and compositional drawing by Adriaen van Ostade (Fondation Custodia Paris and Albertina, Vienna; see B. Schnackenburg, Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Hamburg, 1981, I, pp. 131-132, nos. 257 and 258, II, Tafel 123). It has been suggested that this painting may be an early work by Dusart of the late 1670s while he was still in Ostade's studio, perhaps with some assistance by Ostade.
We are grateful to Dr. Fred Meijer for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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