Joos van Craesbeeck Neerlinter circa 1605 - 1654/61 Brussels

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 EUR

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Description

Joos van Craesbeeck
An elegant company drinking in an interior, a maid scouring a pot in the foreground
oil on panel, stamped with the brand of the Antwerp panelmaker Nicolaes Vrient (active 1638-1676/7)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Paris, Drouot, 19 November 1976, lot ?;
Anonymous sale, Versailles, Me Chapelle, 5 March 1978, lot 49;
Anonymous sale, Luzern, Fischer, 2-8 June 1978, lot 350;
Anonymous sale, Dorotheum, 20 September 1989, lot 563;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Marc-Arthur Kohn, 11 March 1997, lot 33;
With P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1999

Literature

J. de Maere and M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionairy of 17th Century Flemish Painters, Brussels 1994, vol. II, p. 309 (as François van Craesbeeck);
K. de Clippel, Joos van Craesbeeck (1605/06-ca.1660), Turnhout, 2006, p. 321, nr. D76 (as erroneously attributed works).

Catalogue Note

The present composition was erroneously recorded by Jan de Meare and W. Kwabbes as by François van Craesbeeck (before 1650-after 1679) (see Literature). Cleaning revealed the head dress of the central female figure.

We are grateful to Drs. Karolien de Clippel for now tentatively confirming the attribution to Joos van Craesbeeck on the basis of a digital image.