Adriaen van Utrecht and Studio

Private collection, Norway, by 1848;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 29 November 1974, lot 21, as by Snyders, for 550 gns to McEwen;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 9 July 1976, lot 13, as by Snyders;
Acquired by the parents of the present owners during the 1970s;
Thence by descent.

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer for suggesting that this is by Adriaen van Utrecht, perhaps with some studio assistance. The figures are by another artist, working in the following of Theodor Rombouts. An entirely autograph version by Van Utrecht, signed and dated 1631, is in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.