PIERRE HENRI THEODORE TETAR VAN ELVEN

(Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 1828/31–1908 Milan)
Strollers before the Amsterdam goldsmith and jeweller "Fürstenhaupt und Dammerval” at the Oude Turfmarkt. 1846-1857.
Oil on panel.
Signed lower centre on the building wall: PIERRE TETAR V. ELVEN.
54.3 × 43 cm.

Provenance:
- With Kunsthandel Omega, The Hague, until 1989 (verso with label).
- Swiss private collection, acquired from the above.

We are grateful to Christiaan Lucht, M.A., who has confirmed the authenticity of the painting on the basis of a photograph and dated it in the period circa 1846 to 1857.