Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
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Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)

Two peasants in a tavern

Details
Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
Two peasants in a tavern
signed and dated 'A.ostade.1642' (upper right)
oil on panel
9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.8 x 19.4 cm.)
with a crowned Royal cypher 'GR' (red stencil, on the reverse of the panel)
Provenance
(Probably) Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1736- 1811), illegitimate son of King George II of Great Britain by his mistress Amalie von Wallmoden, Hanover, and by descent to his son,
Ludwig Georg Thedel, Field Marshal Graf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1769-1862), distinguished officer of the Napoleonic Wars, Hanover, from whom acquired by
Oberbaurath Herr Bernhard Hausmann (1784-1873), Hanover, no. 31 in his Haupt-Catalog, with whose collection acquired in 1857 by
H.M. George V, King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland (1819-1878; reg. 1851-1866), Herrenhausen, Hanover, and by descent to his son,
Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg and Duke of Cumberland, Hanover (1845-1923); sold by his estate,
Fideikommiss-Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig-Lüneburg; Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 27-28 April 1926, lot 120, 'Nach W. v. Bode eigenhändige Arbeit des Meisters'.
Literature
O. Eisenmann, Katalog der zum Ressort der Königlichen Verwaltungs-Kommission gehörigen Sammlung ... im Provinzial-Museumsgebäude ... zu Hannover, Hanover, 1891, no. 369.
O. Eisenmann, Katalog der zur Fideicommiss-Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig und Lüneburg gehörigen Sammlung von Gemälden und Skulpturen im Provinzial-Museum ... zu Hannover, Hanover, 1902, no. 369.
O. Eisenmann and W. Köhler, Katalog der zur Fideikommiss-Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig und Lüneburg ... im Provinzial-Museum, Hanover, 1905, no. 275.

Exhibited
Hanover, Provinzial-Museum, on loan circa 1891-1926.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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