Adriaen van Ostade
An interior of a village classroom
163623.7 x 35.1 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated, lower centre, on the paper: V.ostade / 1636
Sale Christie's, London, 6 July 2018
Provenance
Dr. Alfons Jaffé, Berlin, from whom seized by the Dienststelle Mühlmann while on loan to the Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, March 1941, and sold to
Heinrich Hoffmann, Munich
anonymous sale De Zon, Amsterdam, 18 April 1951, nr. 4720
anonymous sale Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 22 May 1989, nr. 23, as 'Anthonie Victorijns'
anonymous sale Sotheby's, London, 11 April 1990, nr. 59, as ‘Adriaen van Ostade’
anonymous sale Christie's, Amsterdam, 6 May 1998, nr. 127, as ‘Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade’
with Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 2001, as ‘Adriaen van Ostade’
private collection, Switzerland
sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owners and the heirs of Dr. Alfons Jaffé
sale Christie's, London, 6 July 2018, nr. 166
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The Dentist
1637
1637
The Painter in His Studio
1663
1663
The Merry Peasant
1630-50
1630-50
Travellers at Rest
1671
1671
Quacksalver
1648
1648