Circle of Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626-1679) - Tavern interior with tussling couple

DESCRIPTION

oil on panel

size: 9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (23.5 x 29.3 cm)

Signed or inscribed "J Steen" on the edge of the stool, lower right. With an unidentified red wax seal on the reverse.

LITERATURE

C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, nach dem Muster von John Smith's catalogue raisonné: Jan Steen, 1907 (special edition with notes to the second edition included in typescript), no. 851C (as by Jan Steen)

K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, 1980, under no. B247, as canvas mounted onto panel, by a follower of Jan Steen.

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