Jan Miense Molenaer Haarlem circa 1610 - 1668

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Jan Miense Molenaer
Peasants Drinking in a Tavern
signed on the barrel at right JMolenaer
oil on oak
13 1/4 by 10 in.
33.6 by 25.3 cm.

Provenance

German Private Collection;
Sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, October 30-31, 1956, lot 137.

Literature

Burlington Magazine, March 1957, s. XIV.

Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Dr. Dennis P. Weller for endorsing the attribution to Molenaer, on the basis of photographs, and for suggesting a date from the 1640s.