PIETER JANSZ. QUAST (AMSTERDAM 1605⁄6-1647)
PIETER JANSZ. QUAST (AMSTERDAM 1605⁄6-1647)
PIETER JANSZ. QUAST (AMSTERDAM 1605⁄6-1647)
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PIETER JANSZ. QUAST (AMSTERDAM 1605/ 6-1647)

Soldiers and a woman nursing a child around a fire

Details
PIETER JANSZ. QUAST (AMSTERDAM 1605/ 6-1647)
Soldiers and a woman nursing a child around a fire
signed with monogram and dated 'PQ / 1639' ('PQ' linked, lower left)
oil on panel
14 7⁄8 x 18 in. (37.7 x 45.7 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 11 November 1997, lot 63, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Pieter Jansz. Quast became a master of the Guild of St Luke in the Hague in 1634, five years before this picture was painted. His small-scale scenes with soldiers recall the work of Pieter Codde and Adriaen Brouwer and are characterized by an evocative use of light and dark.

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