Lot Essay
The figure of the hurdy gurdy player beneath the tree is based on a drawing by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (see B. Schnackenburg, Adriaen van Ostade, Hamburg, 1981, I, p. 61, no. 118) and the grey horse is repeated in a signed work by Rombouts sold in these Rooms, 12 March 1976, lot 18.