Izaak van Oosten (1613-1661)

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Izaak van Oosten (1613-1661)

Travellers halting outside the Swan Inn in a village

oil on panel
52.5 x 78.5 cm

The support is branded with the coat-of-arms of the City of Antwerp and the monogram MV (= Michiel Vrient (died 1637))

Provenance

Collection De Grez, Brussels (as J. Brueghel I)
G. Utenhoven a.o.; Sale, C.F. Roos Amsterdam, 24 April 1917, lot 43, with ill. (as J. de Momper and J. Brueghel I)

Lot Essay

The staffage may be the work of Pieter Snayers

The date of Vrient's death gives an approximate terminus-ante-quem for the picture

We are grateful to Mr Jorgen Wadum of the Mauritshuis for his help

See colour illustration

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