(Amsterdam 1619-after 1676 Ostindien) The procession with the kermesse ox, signed lower right (on the middle basket): Jan Victor, oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 39 x 45.5 cm, framed,

Provenance: J. Valette auction, Amsterdam, 26 August 1807, lot 226; A. B. Mangold auction, Sotheby’s, London, 21 March 1973, lot 29; Galerie St. Lucas, Vienna (1973); Galerie Xaver Scheidwimmer, Munich; private collection, Vienna.

Literaturee: K. Müllenmeister, Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, Tierdarstellungen in Werken niederländischer Künstler, vol. 3, Bremen 1981, p. 90, no. 498 (with ill.); D. Miller, Jan Victors, University of Delaware, 1985 (here as a work by a pupil or follower of); W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, vol. IV, Landau 1983, no. 1801. Werner Sumowski says of our picture, “Sketchily drawn picture from the second half of the 50s.... The motif of the garlanded ox, which is being led to slaughter with music and wine, makes reference to the aphorism, ‘Suffering follows cheerfulness’ (A. Henkel and A. Schöne, Emblemata, Handbuch zur Sinnbildkunst des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts, Stuttgart 1967, Sp. 530).

Provenance: J. Valette auction, Amsterdam, 26 August 1807, lot 226; A. B. Mangold auction, Sotheby’s, London, 21 March 1973, lot 29; Galerie St. Lucas, Vienna (1973); Galerie Xaver Scheidwimmer, Munich; private collection, Vienna. Literaturee: K. Mülle