17th century
18.6 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Ms. DeBeer, London, by 1961. [Sotheby's, London, 21 February 1962, lot 277 (as Adriaen van Ostade)]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London,] sold, 30 May 1962 (as Adriaen van Ostade); to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts. NOTE: Colgnaghi information supplied by Steven Ongpin, 20 December 2001.
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment
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