CIRCLE OF JAN MIENSE MOLENAER, DUTCH c. 1610-1668, BLOWING UP A PIG'S BLADDER, Oil on canvas, 23 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. (59.1 x 47.9 cm.), Frame: 30 x 25 1/2 in. (76.2 x 64.8 cm.)

CIRCLE OF JAN MIENSE MOLENAER
DUTCH, c. 1610-1668
BLOWING UP A PIG'S BLADDER
Oil on canvas
Verso partial label: Hume Coll...127,/ A boy blowing a Bladder.../. Very naturally express./; verso stamp on stretcher; Austrian stamp

Provenance: Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838) Hume Collection no. 127*; by descent to his grandson John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford (1812-1851); thence by descent to his son Adlebert Wellington, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921); Christies May 3, 1929 "The property of The Rt. Hon. Lord Brownlow, removed from Belton House, Grantham, lot. 6; Galerie Friederike Pallamar, Vienna; Hon. Francis D. Murnagham Jr. Baltimore acquired 6/10/69; and by descent

*Listed in Deed of Settlement of Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838) ref. GB 345 NGA08/2/3 as "127
Boy Blowing a Bladder Frans Hals No. in deed 51(sic)" and "50 Boy blowing a bladder F. Hals 127"

Pending The Art Loss Register certificate Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. (59.1 x 47.9 cm.), Frame: 30 x 25 1/2 in. (76.2 x 64.8 cm.) Artist Name: CIRCLE OF JAN MIENSE MOLENAER Medium: Oil on canvas

Condition: This work has been lined.
The varnish has blanched.
There is minimal inpaint visable in the hat and scattered in the clothing.
There is an area of cupping above the left peak of the hat.

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