(Leiden 1626–1679)
Tavern scene, signed lower right: J. Steen, oil on panel, 35 x 30 cm, framed,

We are grateful to Drs Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed the painting to be the authentic work of Jan Steen, executed circa 1649/50.

Provenance: formerly in the ownership of the kings of Hanover, then at the estate gallery of the Dukes of Cumberland; Ernst August, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg; Auktion Lepke, Berlin, 27.04.1926, lot 155; Belgian private collection.

Literature: G. Parthey, Deutscher Bildersaal, Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Ölbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen, vol. II, Berlin 1864, p. 579, no. 55; C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, vol. I, Esslingen/Paris 1908, p. 140, no. 583b; K. Braun, Alle tot nu bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam 1980, p. 153, no. A 383. Fred Meijer compares the present painting from the ownership of the Welf family with a picture dated 1651 in a private collection in The Hague and with a work by Steen auctioned at Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, on 07.05.2008 as lot 45.

We are grateful to Drs Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed the painting to be the authentic work of Jan Steen, executed circa 1649/50. Provenance: formerly in the ownership of the kings of Hanover, then at the estate gallery of the Dukes