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The Property of a Gentleman

ADRIAEN JANSZ. VAN OSTADE | Peasants smoking and drinking in an inn

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December 5, 12:50 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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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).