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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
THE LATE SIR HAROLD WERNHER, BT., G.C.V.O.
Follower of Jan Havicksz. Steen
A Doctor seated at his Desk examining a Sample
Details
Follower of Jan Havicksz. Steen
A Doctor seated at his Desk examining a Sample
with signature 'JSteen' (JS in monogram)
oil on canvas
11 x 9½in. (28 x 24cm.)
A Doctor seated at his Desk examining a Sample
with signature 'JSteen' (JS in monogram)
oil on canvas
11 x 9½in. (28 x 24cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Berens, Kevington, St. Mary Cray, Kent; Christie's, 20 Feb. 1920, lot 199, as Jan Steen (135gns. to Buttery).
with Horace Buttery, London.
with van Diemen, Amsterdam.
Sir Harold Wernher, London, by 1933.
with Horace Buttery, London.
with van Diemen, Amsterdam.
Sir Harold Wernher, London, by 1933.
Literature
Listed by C. Hofstede de Groot as no. 176C in his own manuscript amendments to his catalogue of the artist's work published in 1907.
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, pp.164-5, no. B-30, illustrated, as the work of the same follower of Steen who was responsible for a painting in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at Richmond (his no. B-87).
K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, pp.164-5, no. B-30, illustrated, as the work of the same follower of Steen who was responsible for a painting in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at Richmond (his no. B-87).