Jan Miense Molenaer (Haarlem 1609-1668)
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Jan Miense Molenaer (Haarlem 1609-1668)

A couple drinking in an interior

Details
Jan Miense Molenaer (Haarlem 1609-1668)
A couple drinking in an interior
signed 'J molenaeR' (lower left)
oil on panel
20.2 x 18.8 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 July 1973, lot 41 as Egbert van Heemskerck.
Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 27 June 1974, lot 111.
with W.J. Kersbergen, Delft, 1985, from whom purchased by the present owner.
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Dennis P. Weller for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph (written comunication, 14 March 2007). He dates the picture to the 1640s.

The present lot is also accompanied by a letter, dated 25 September 1978, from Dr. Walther Bernt, confirming the attribution.

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