Lot Essay
Braun dates the present work to circa 1652-4 (loc. cit.).
A Landscape with Peasants resting by an Inn and a Gypsy woman reading a Man's Palm.
Details
Jan Havicksz. Steen* (1626-1679)
A Landscape with Peasants resting by an Inn and a Gypsy woman reading a Man's Palm.
signed 'Steen'
oil on canvas
19 x 26in. (48.3 x 66.7cm.)
A Landscape with Peasants resting by an Inn and a Gypsy woman reading a Man's Palm.
signed 'Steen'
oil on canvas
19 x 26in. (48.3 x 66.7cm.)
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, March 2, 1833, lot 68 (42gns. to the following).
M. Chaplin; sale, Amsterdam, 1833 (470fls).
with Thos. Agnew's, London, 1907.
Anon. sale, J.D. Kruseman, Amsterdam, Dec. 11, 1919.
with D. Katz, Dieren, 1936.
M. Chaplin; sale, Amsterdam, 1833 (470fls).
with Thos. Agnew's, London, 1907.
Anon. sale, J.D. Kruseman, Amsterdam, Dec. 11, 1919.
with D. Katz, Dieren, 1936.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., Supplement, 1842, p. 502, no. 74.
T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen: tudes sur l'art en Hollande, 1856, no. 395.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., 1907, I, no. 223.
A. Bredius, Jan Steen, 1927, p. 31, illustrated.
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende Schilderijen van Jan Steen, 1980, pp. 92-3, no. 44, illustrated.
T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen: tudes sur l'art en Hollande, 1856, no. 395.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., 1907, I, no. 223.
A. Bredius, Jan Steen, 1927, p. 31, illustrated.
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende Schilderijen van Jan Steen, 1980, pp. 92-3, no. 44, illustrated.