Copy, around 1700, after JAN STEEN
(1626 Leiden 1678)A tavern with a merry gathering.Oil on copper.With a barely legible monogram lower left: JH (?).36 × 41.5 cm.Provenance:
- Sale Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 24.–25.6.1959, Lot 26 (label verso).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Our thanks to Dr Wouter Kloek for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Condition:
Oil on copper. Paint surface shos a degree of wear in places, with a very fine network of craquelures and superficial soiling. Colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: retouching along the edges. No further retouching visible under the strongly fluorescent varnish.
Dimensions with frame: 50.5 × 60.5 cm.
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(1626 Leiden 1678)A tavern with a merry gathering.Oil on copper.With a barely legible monogram lower left: JH (?).36 × 41.5 cm.Provenance:
- Sale Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 24.–25.6.1959, Lot 26 (label verso).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Our thanks to Dr Wouter Kloek for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Condition:
Oil on copper. Paint surface shos a degree of wear in places, with a very fine network of craquelures and superficial soiling. Colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: retouching along the edges. No further retouching visible under the strongly fluorescent varnish.
Dimensions with frame: 50.5 × 60.5 cm.