Description

ADRIAEN JANSZ. VAN OSTADE (HAARLEM 1610-1685)
A wedding feast in an inn
signed (?) ‘AV ostade’ (‘AV’ in ligature, lower left)
oil on panel
22 ¾ x 33 7⁄8 in. (57.9 x 86 cm.)

Provenance

The Earls Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, by 1842, and by descent in the family, until sold by The Trustees of The Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam Chattels Settlement and of other members of the family; Christie’s, London, 8 July 1998, lot 50, where acquired by the father of the present owner.

Literature

J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, IX, London, 1842, p. 102, no. 78.
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of art in Great Britain: being an account of the chief collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, illuminated mss., etc., III, London, 1854, p. 339, where listed in the Gallery of Wentworth Woodhouse.
Black’s Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire, Edinburgh, 1862, 2nd ed., p. 318, where listed in the Gallery of Wentworth Woodhouse.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, III, London, 1910, p. 367, no. 733.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition of works by the Old Masters and Deceased Masters of the British School, 1912, no. 73 (lent by Earl Fitzwilliam).