Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam

A soldier drinking with a young woman in an inn

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May 26, 02:58 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston

Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam

Zwammerdam circa 1622/30 - after 1669 Leiden

A soldier drinking with a young woman in an inn

indistinctly signed and dated lower right: Q[..] fecit / 1664

oil on panel

panel: 18 by 14¼ in.; 45.7 by 36.2 cm.

framed: 24½ by 21 in.; 62.2 by 53.3 cm.

Anonymous sale, ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 5 February 1988, lot 99;
There acquired.

Possibly, A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk 1992, p. 155, cat. no. B36 or B37.

Two unlocated paintings depicting a man and woman drinking wine are mentioned in Angelika Lasius's catalogue raisonné of Van Brekelenkam, but without dimensions, it is unclear if either of these refers to the present work. Dated 1664, this panel was painted during the artist's most productive period. At this point, both Gabriel Metsu and Jan Steen had left Leiden, so Van Brekelenkam was able to take a more dominant position in the local market for genre paintings.¹

1. See A. Lasius, Quiringh van Brekelenkam, Doornspijk 1992, p. 70.