Circle of Adriaen Brouwer

The panel support is flat and uncradled. The paint surface is generally in very nice condition, but with some signs of wear in some of the more thinly painted areas such as figure of the seated drinking man. The paint fluoresces irregularly under ultra violet light, and though no major damages or losses are apparent, some degree of local retouching should be presumed. There has been some minor abrasion caused by movement in the frame. Offred in a later gilt wood frame with punched decoration.
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A period copy after a picture by Adriaen Brouwer, considered the prime version, formerly in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, and most recently sold in these Rooms, 5 July 1984, lot 308 (as attributed to Adriaen Brouwer). A number of variants exist, including a copy formerly thought to be by Adriaen Brouwer and subsequently Abraham Teniers, previously in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, and now in the Staatsgalerie Aschaffenburg, Schloss Johannisburg.¹

1. See K. Renger, Adriaen Brouwer, exhbition catalogue, Munich 1986, pp. 58 & 133, cat no. 23, repruduced plate 36.

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This is a contemporary copy after a picture widely considered to be the prime version thought to be by Adriaen Brouwer which was in the collection of H. H. Thyssen-Bornemisza before being sold in these rooms 5 July 1984, lot 308 (as Attributed to Adriaen Brouwer). A number of versions and variants of this composition exist: amongst others, a copy formerly thought to be by Adriaen Brouwer and subsequently Abraham Teniers is in the Staatsgalerie Aschaffenburg, Schloss Johannisburg having been at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.¹ Another is in the Weldon Collection, New York (as Joos van Craesbeeck), and there is a compositional variant by David Teniers in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg (for further discussion see: J. C. Ebbinge-Wubben, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, 1969, vol. I, p. 50, cat. no. 44).

1. See K. Renger, Adriaen Brouwer, exhbition catalogue, Munich 1986, pp. 58 & 133, cat no. 23, repruduced plate 36.

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