Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (1610-1685)

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Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (1610-1685)

An old beggar, standing under a gateway, holding a staff, peasants by a farm beyond

signed (?) lower right Av(linked)Ostade, oil on panel
29.5 x 22.6 cm

Provenance

Mr. Reichard
Edward Solly, London; Sale, E. Foster London, 22 March 1834, lot 158
The Hon. Mrs John Ashley, London (+); Sale, Christie's London, 31 May 1907, lot 46 (£ 220 10 sh. to Sackville Gallery)
Anon Sale, Christie's London, 12 December 1908, lot 35 (£ 33 12 sh. to Cohen)
A. de Labrouhe de Laborderie, Paris; Sale, Frederik Muller Amsterdam, 23 May 1922, lot 27, with ill. (sold ° 1.250)
Mr J. Lek, Brussels; Sale, Frederik Muller Amsterdam, 31 March 1925, lot 66, with ill. (sold ° 1.100)
Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller Amsterdam, 23 March 1943, lot 52 (sold ° 5.200)
with D. Katz, Dieren

Literature

J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné etc., IX 1842, p. 102, no. 75
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue raisonné etc., III, 1910, no. 122

Lot Essay

Mrs. H. Doll, judging from a transparency, has doubted the authenticity of the present painting. She will include it in her Catalogue Raisonné as such

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