Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Jan Steen
A writer at his desk
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Lot Closed
December 9, 04:00 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property restituted from the Olomouc Museum of Art, Czech Republic
Follower of Jan Steen
A writer at his desk
bears signature lower right: J Steen
oil on oak panel
unframed: 24.8 x 22 cm.; 9 6/8 x 8⅝ in.
framed: 39.1 x 34. 6 cm.; 15⅜ x 13⅝ in.
With K. Dittrich, Brno;
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, after 1945;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D 487), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
From whom acquired by a private collector, Czech Republic, after 1945;
From whom confiscated and deposited at the Olomouc Museum of Art (inv. no. D 487), in 1958;
Returned to the heirs of the original owner in 1993, when loaned to the Olomouc Museum of Art.
Olomouc, Olomouc Museum of Art, 1993-2021, on loan.
L. Machytka, Nizozemské malířství ve sbírkách olomoucké oblasti, 2 vols, unpublished dissertation, Olomouc 1970, vol. II, p. 370;
L. Machytka and G. Elbelová (eds), Netherlandish Painting of the 16th-18th centuries from Olomouc Collections. Olomouc Picture Gallery, vol. II, Olomouc 2000, pp. 132-33, no. 94, reproduced p. 132 (as a copy dating to the 17th century).
L. Machytka and G. Elbelová (eds), Netherlandish Painting of the 16th-18th centuries from Olomouc Collections. Olomouc Picture Gallery, vol. II, Olomouc 2000, pp. 132-33, no. 94, reproduced p. 132 (as a copy dating to the 17th century).