A tavern scene with a man teasing a sleeping woman

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Christoffel Pierson (The Hague 1631-1714)
A tavern scene with a man teasing a sleeping woman
signed and dated 'Chr: Pierson Pi.xit 1680' (lower left) and inscribed 'Lucas DE WIIN IS EEN SPOTTER de dronkenschap bespot segselven altijd meest hoewel het op anderen haar overlast wil braken Chr: Pierson Pinx 1680' (on the reverse)
oil on slate, unframed
26.2 x 36.4 cm.

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Lot Essay

The composition, under the title 'de wiin is een spotter' (sic), was engraved by Hendrick Bary in 1670 after Frans van Mieris' original of 1664 listing Christoffel Pierson on the lower right. The print is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of Tot Lering en Vermaak, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1976, p. 248, fig. 65c.

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