Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague, for confirming the attribution from a transparency (written communication, 22 November 2004).
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Peasants dancing and drinking in a tavern interior
Details
Isaac van Ostade (Haarlem 1621-after 1649)
Peasants dancing and drinking in a tavern interior
with initials 'Av.O.' (lower right)
oil on panel
15 x 17 7/8 in. (38.1 x 45.4 cm.)
Peasants dancing and drinking in a tavern interior
with initials 'Av.O.' (lower right)
oil on panel
15 x 17 7/8 in. (38.1 x 45.4 cm.)
Provenance
J.L. Menke; sale, J. and A. Leroy, Brussels, 1-2 June 1904, lot 56, as 'Adriaen van Ostade'.
Van Tilt; sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 29 April 1935, lot 129, as 'Adriaen van Ostade'.
acquired by the present owner in 1975.
Van Tilt; sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 29 April 1935, lot 129, as 'Adriaen van Ostade'.
acquired by the present owner in 1975.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, The Hague, 1907, 3, p. 323, no. 602, as 'Adriaen van Ostade'.