Petrus Staverenus Active in The Hague 1635 - after 1666

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Description

Petrus Staverenus
A man brandishing a beer glass
oil on oak panel

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1994, lot 243, when bought by the Herwegs.

Catalogue Note

Staverenus is best known for his small-scale paintings such as this one, typically caricatural depictions of single figures. One such, of a man brandishing a pipe, was in the Adolphe Schloss collection in Paris.