Jan Steen

The Fortune Teller



Jan Steen - The Fortune Teller



Jan Steen
The Fortune Teller
c. 1650-54
73.5 x 59.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: J. Steen
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Provenance

M.J. Roelofs Thijssen, Amsterdam, 1891
his sale, Amsterdam, 26 October 1891 (Lugt 50212), nr. 58 (for 2,500 guilders to Preyer)
Preyer Gallery, Amsterdam
Baron Königswärter, Vienna, 1906
his sale, Berlin (Schwartz &Schulte), 20 November 1906, nr. 86 (13,500 marks)
August Janssen, Amsterdam
Jacques Goudstikker Gallery, Amsterdam, 1919
P.W. Janssen, Amsterdam, 1926
M.J. IJzerloo, Rijswijk, 1941
P. de Boer Gallery, Amsterdam, 1941
M.F. de Vries, Amsterdam, 1941
G.B. Lanz, Laren, 1941
D. Katz Gallery, Dieren, 1941
H. Posse
Adolf Hitler, Führermuseum, Linz
Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (inv. nr. NK 2727)
on loan to the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, before 1952-after 1977
on loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of The Netherlands for the Prince William V Gallery, 1992-2010
transferred, 2010
exhibited in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, since 2010
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External links

RKD 258858
Mauritshuis, The Hague Accession number 1111

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Jan Steen Prayer before a Meal
Prayer before a Meal

Jan Steen A village fair with a quack
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Jan Steen The Fishmonger
The Fishmonger

Jan Steen A Pig Belongs in the Sty
A Pig Belongs in the Sty
c. 1673-75

Jan Steen The Doctor
The Doctor
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