In Liefde Vry: Rhetoricians with Merry Company in a Tavern, after Jan Steen
17th century
Artists
Dimensions
35.9 x 46 cm (14 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Valerius Röver, Delft (L. 2984a-c, verso, lower left), his estate inventory Portfolio. 12, no. 22. Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (L. 2987, verso, lower left). Sold [through de Vries, Amsterdam, March 9, 1920, lot 501 (as after Steen)]; to S. Duits (?). Private collection ("Property of a lady") sold; through [Christie's, Amsterdam, November 12, 1990, lot 131]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024
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