JAN COSSIERS | A SOLDIER SMOKING A PIPE

Jan Cossiers executed a number of works depicting men, shown half-length, smoking, drinking or eating, set against a rapidly-painted neutral background. These subjects, along with the image of a man with a parrot, are thought possibly to depict allegories of the senses. Another version of this painting, of almost identical dimensions, was sold at Osenat, Fontainebleau, Paris, 1 October 2017, lot 154.