Jan Steen (Leiden 1626-1679)
Jan Steen (Leiden 1626-1679)

Children teasing a cat

Details
Jan Steen (Leiden 1626-1679)
Children teasing a cat
signed with monogram 'JS' (lower right)
oil on panel
41.2 x 36.4 cm.
three red wax seals on the reverse, one of which from 'Lige consulat de la grande Bretagne'
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Héris, Paris, 19 April 1856, lot 48.
William Middleton, Brussels, 1872.
Samuel Gaskell, Church House, Walton-on-Thames.
Miss Mary Gaskell, Penketh House, Weymouth and Lea Hall, Prestbury, Cheshire.
Robert L. Greg, Inglewood, Bowden, Cheshire.
with F.T. Sabin, London, 1937.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1938.
Private collection, Aerdenhout, until 1980.
Anonymous sale; Vendue Huis der Notarissen, The Hague, 25 November 1980, lot 131 (Dfl. 134.000).
Private collection, Kanne.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., I, London, 1907, p. 87, no. 317B.
K. Braun, Meesters der Schilderkunst: Jan Steen, Rotterdam, 1980, pp. 120-1, no. 245.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Rotterdamschen Kunstkring, Eenige Oude Schilderijen der Collectie N.V. P. de Boer, 1937-38.

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