DIRCK VAN DELEN (HEUSDEN, NEAR HERTOGENBOSCH 1604-1671 ARNEMUIDEN) Elegant figures in a courtyard

DIRCK VAN DELEN (HEUSDEN, NEAR HERTOGENBOSCH 1604-1671 ARNEMUIDEN)
Elegant figures in a courtyard
signed and dated 'D van Delen / 1628' ('DV' linked, lower center, on the column's base)
oil on panel
36¹⁄₈ x 61¹⁄₄ in. (92.3 x 156.8 cm.)
Lawrence Currie, Combe Warren, Surrey; his sale, Christie's, London, 17 December 1926, lot 145, as dated '1620' (33 gns. to Leger).
Anonymous sale; Kunst-und Auktionshaus Slatner, Prague, 11-13 June 1927, lot 23.
Max Singewald, Leipzig; his sale, Bangel, Frankfurt, 11 October 1927, lot 24.
Private collection, by 1994, and by whom sold,
[Property from a Private Collection]; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2011, where acquired by the present owner.