JAN STEEN

(1626 Leiden 1679)
River landscape with a lively gathering.
Öl auf Leinwand.

81 × 100 cm.

Provenance:
– Probably auction Amsterdam, 24.7.1792, lot 91 (fl. 50 to Ten Kate).
– Probably Private collection Ten Kate.
– Sale Philippus van der Schley, Amsterdam, 14.–15.8.1793, Lot 116 (fl. 34 to Yver).
– Private collection Yver.
– Private collection Emanuel Streckeisen (1743-1826), merchant and banker in Basel and Amsterdam, Ramsteinerhof, Basel, from c. 1799.
– Private collection Felix (1884–1968) and Henriette (1890–1976) Iselin-Merian, Ramsteinerhof, Basel.
– By descent, swiss private collection.

Literature:
Cornelis Hofstede de Groot: Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, Esslingen 1907, Addendum RKD Archiv, no. 882bb (as Jan Steen).

The painting is archived at RKD, The Hague.