Master Paintings and Drawings

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Circle of the Le Nain Brothers

The Peasant's Meal

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March 23, 03:05 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

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Circle of the Le Nain Brothers

The Peasant's Meal


oil on canvas

canvas: 36 ¾ by 47 ⅛ in.; 93 by 119.6 cm. 

framed: 40 by 50 ⅝ in.; 102 by 129 cm.  

Probably, anonymous sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 16 June 1990, lot 379 (as circle of the Le Nain brothers).
The prime version of this composition is the Le Nain Brothers' Peasant's Meal (1642), which is today in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

1. Inv. no. MI 1088, oil on canvas, 38.1 by 48 inches.