Lot Essay
The present painting is a copy, with changes, after the original in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (see Sutton, op.cit., no. 18, illustrated no. 17).
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A woman preparing vegetables, with a maid sweeping the courtyard
Details
After Pieter de Hooch
A woman preparing vegetables, with a maid sweeping the courtyard
oil on panel
23½ x 18½ in. (59.7 x 47 cm.)
A woman preparing vegetables, with a maid sweeping the courtyard
oil on panel
23½ x 18½ in. (59.7 x 47 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) J. Danser Nijman; Amsterdam, 16 August 1797, no. 115.
(Probably) H. ten Kate; Amsterdam, 10 June 1801, no. 89 (21 florins to Josy).
Countess of Chichester et.al. (Marquess of Dufferin and Ava); London, 22 Feb. 1929, no.81.
with Kunsthandel Douwes, Amsterdam, 1934.
with Duits, 1944.
with Hallsborough, London, 1950.
A.D. and W.C. Williams, 1951, by whom gifted to the present owner.
(Probably) H. ten Kate; Amsterdam, 10 June 1801, no. 89 (21 florins to Josy).
Countess of Chichester et.al. (Marquess of Dufferin and Ava); London, 22 Feb. 1929, no.81.
with Kunsthandel Douwes, Amsterdam, 1934.
with Duits, 1944.
with Hallsborough, London, 1950.
A.D. and W.C. Williams, 1951, by whom gifted to the present owner.
Literature
(Probably) C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII Jahrhunderts, 'Pieter de Hooch', I, Esselingen-Paris, 1907, no. 300.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Bulletin, II, 1951, no. 5.
Catalogue of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1966, no. 97 (as 'School of Pieter de Hooch').
P. Sutton, Pieter de Hooch, Oxford, 1980, pp. 78-9, under no. 18 (as 'a copy, with changes').
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Bulletin, II, 1951, no. 5.
Catalogue of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1966, no. 97 (as 'School of Pieter de Hooch').
P. Sutton, Pieter de Hooch, Oxford, 1980, pp. 78-9, under no. 18 (as 'a copy, with changes').
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Douwes, 1934, no. 33, illustrated.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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