Lot Essay
The present picture may be identified as that from the Turenne Collection as the entry from the sale catalogue is glued to the reverse
Details
Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (1610-1685)
Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern
signed 'Av.Ostade' (Av in monogram)
on panel
11 x 9½in. (28 x 24cm.)
Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern
signed 'Av.Ostade' (Av in monogram)
on panel
11 x 9½in. (28 x 24cm.)
Provenance
The Comte de Turenne, Général et Pair de France; (+) sale, Paris, 17 May 1852, lot 64 (2,900 francs)
Baron Erlanger, 43 Lothbury, London, by whom sold in 1888 to Martin
Colnaghi
Baron Erlanger, 43 Lothbury, London, by whom sold in 1888 to Martin
Colnaghi
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., III, London, 1910, p.337, no.647, and p.367, no.731
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Works by the Old Masters, Jan.-March 1890, no.95