Lot Essay
A picture with a very similar composition was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1997, lot 100.
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Peasants eating shrimps in an inn
Details
Isack de Mes (active in Dordrecht 1637-1640)
Peasants eating shrimps in an inn
with indistinct signature '... Metsu' (lower left)
oil on panel
50.9 x 43.3 cm.
Peasants eating shrimps in an inn
with indistinct signature '... Metsu' (lower left)
oil on panel
50.9 x 43.3 cm.
Provenance
Private collection, Stockholm.
Friberg; Kende Galleries, New York, 18 May 1950, lot 11, as Metsu.
Friberg; Kende Galleries, New York, 18 May 1950, lot 11, as Metsu.
Literature
W.P.J.A. Weebers, Isack Mes, Nijmegen, 1976, p. 4, fig. 5.
Special notice
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