Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part II
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part II
The Property of a Dutch Foundation
Circle of Adriaen van Ostade
A tavern interior with peasants singing alongside a bagpipe player
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 7, 12:53 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Dutch Foundation
Circle of Adriaen van Ostade
A tavern interior with peasants singing alongside a bagpipe player
oil on oak panel
unframed: 24.2 x 32.8 cm.; 9½ x 12⅞ in.
framed: 42 x 49.7 cm.; 16½ x 19⅝ in.
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 July 1992, lot 246 (as Anthonie Victoryns);
Where acquired by the present owner.
This work is based on a composition, which is now lost, by Adriaen van Ostade (1610–1685), last recorded in the 1659 inventory of the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614–1662).1 Numerous period copies survive including one in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, attributed to Anthonie Victoryns (before 1620–1656).2
1 For more information about this lost work see S. Bartilla in National Gallery in Prague, Dutch Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries, A.K. Sevcik (ed.), Prague 2012, p. 332.
2 https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/kms772?q=victoryns&page=0