JAN VERKOLJE I (AMSTERDAM 1650-1693 DELFT) A young boy holding a candle teasing a sleeping woman

JAN VERKOLJE I (AMSTERDAM 1650-1693 DELFT)
A young boy holding a candle teasing a sleeping woman
oil on panel
14¹⁄₄ x 11⁷⁄₈ in. (36.2 x 30.2 cm.)
inscribed 'I. Verkolje' (on the reverse)
Pieter Willemsz Calkoen (1712-1780), Amsterdam; (†) his sale, van der Schley a.o., Amsterdam, 8-11 September 1781, lot 143.
Jacob van Helsdingen (1736-1812), Amsterdam; van der Schley a.o., Amsterdam, 26 August 1807, lot 222 as Nicolaas Vekolje (f 13 to van der Schley).
[Property from a Belgian Private Collection]; Sotheby's, London, 8 May 2019, lot 115, where acquired by the present owner.