Master Paintings Part II

Pieter Hermansz. Verelst

Merry peasants drinking in an inn

Lot Closed

May 26, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Pieter Hermansz. Verelst

Dordrecht 1618 - circa 1678 Hulst

Merry peasants drinking in an inn

signed and dated lower right: p. verelst / 1652

inscribed lower right with inventory number: 28

oil on panel

panel: 10 by 13 ½ in.; 25.4 by 34.3 cm.

framed: 14 by 17 ⅝ in.; 35.6 by 44.8 cm.

Baron Otto Thott (1703-1785), Gavnø Castle, Denmark (according to an inscription on the reverse);

Anonymous sale, Copenhagen, Bruun Rasmussen, 12 September 2007, lot 1242;

Anonymous sale, Munich, Hampel, 23 March 2010, lot 216.

Probably K. Madsen, "Malerisamlingen Paa Gauno," in Kunstmuseets arsskrift, Copenhagen 1917, p. 50.