A Dutch polychrome painted corner cupboard

WEST-FRIESLAND, CIRCA 1800

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A Dutch polychrome painted corner cupboard
West-Friesland, circa 1800
The triangular broken pediment centring on an urn, above a painted coat of arms of the city of Haarlem, above a pair of bow-fronted doors each painted with an inn scene, enclosing a plain interior with two serpentine shelves, the lower structure with three small drawers, divided by two panels painted with landscapes, above a pair of doors, each with an oval panel painted with a still life of flowers and fruit, enclosing a plain interior with one shelf, on shaped bracket feet
244cm. high x 67cm. wide x 102cm. deep

Lot Essay

The upper two panels are painted after Travelling musicians from 1642 by Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685) and Fighting card players from ca. 1635 by Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638). The 'witwerkers', craftsmen who painted the soft wooded furniture, probably never saw the original paintings but used the engravings and other examples which circulated widely.

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