Jan Steen

The Wrath of Ahasuerus



Jan Steen - The Wrath of Ahasuerus



Jan Steen
The Wrath of Ahasuerus
1671-73
129 x 167 cm
Oil on canvas
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 18 info
Kirschenbaum 18
Braun 299

Literature
Koenraad Jonckheere, The Auction of King William's Paintings 1713, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2008, fig. 51
Ariane van Suchtelen, Jan Steen's histories, Zwolle; The Hague, 2018, p. 18, fig. 14, p. 57, fig. 2 (detail), p. 64, fig. 14 (detail)
Paul Schnabel, Anders gekeken, Zwolle, 2021, fig. 11


Exhibitions

2018 Jan Steen's Histories, Nr. 10
1996 Jan Steen, Painter and Storyteller, Nr. 44

Provenance

Possibly Quirijn van Biesum sale, Rotterdam, 14 April 1717, nr. 159
possibly Cornelis Wittert sale, Rotterdam, 11 April 1731, nr. 60 (150 guilders)
Richard Pickfatt, Rotterdam, 12 April 1736, nr. 44 (101 guilders to Pieter Boetens)
sale Christie's, London, 21 January 1871, nr. 135 (15 pounds to Martin Colnaghi)
from whom purchased by Stephen Alers Hankey, Hastings, 10 February 1871 (105 pounds)
by descent to Colonel Walter Hankey, Brighton
by whom sold to Martin Colnaghi, c.1885-1899
sold to art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris 1899
purchased by Rodolphe Kann, Paris
with whose collection acquired in 1907 by art dealer Duveen
with F. Kleinberger, Paris 1926
with K.W. Bachstitz, Berlin, The Hague and London, after 1926
acquired from Bachstitz in 1939 by the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
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Other works by Jan Steen


Jan Steen Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
c. 1670

Jan Steen Peasants before an Inn
Peasants before an Inn
c. 1653

Jan Steen Rhetoricians at a Window
Rhetoricians at a Window
1663-65

Jan Steen The Alchemist
The Alchemist
c. 1668-70

Jan Steen A Doctor Checking a Woman
A Doctor Checking a Woman
c. 1665