Old Masters Day Sale
Old Masters Day Sale
The Property of a Gentleman
Auction Closed
December 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
ADRIAEN JANSZ. VAN OSTADE
Haarlem 1610 - 1685
Peasants smoking and drinking in an inn
oil on oak panel
32.5 x 28.1 cm.; 12¾ x 11⅛ in.
Richard William Penn, 3rd Earl Howe (1822–1900), Gopsall Atherstone, 1884, and then Penn House, Buckinghamshire;
Thence by descent to Richard George Penn, 4th Earl Howe (1861–1929);
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 7 December 1933, lot 47, for £220–10s. to Healter;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Sotheby's, 27 April 2006, lot 38 (as attributed to Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade).
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné..., vol. III, London 1910, p. 333, cat. no. 635 (described as containing six figures).
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of works by Old Masters, 1884, no. 138 (lent by Earl Howe).