Adriaen van Ostade
The Merry Drinkers
165930.4 x 25.2 cm
Oil on panel
Signed and dated lower right: Av. Ostade. / 1659 (Av in ligature)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Provenance
Probably Cornelis Pieter, Baron van Leyden, Warmond, before 1790
his widow, Hermina Jacoba, Baroness van Leyden, born Countess de Thoms, Warmond, before 1814
her sale, Warmond, 31 July 1816 (Lugt 8948), nr. 29 (for 1,110 guilders to Steengracht)
jonkheer Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague, 1816-1846
acquired at a family auction by his second son, jonkheer Hendrik Steengracht van Oostcapelle, The Hague, 1846-1875
by inheritance to his nephew, Hendricus Adolphus Steengracht van Duivenvoorde, The Hague and Voorschoten, 1875-1912
his sale Paris, 9 June 1913 (Lugt 72900), nr. 55 (for 30,550 francs to ‘Stettiner’)
sale Amsterdam (Frederik Muller), 12 April 1932, nr. 242 (to Goudstikker)
J. Goudstikker Gallery, Amsterdam
purchased, 1932
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Other works by Adriaen van Ostade
Peasant Inn
1680
1680
The Schoolmaster
1662
1662
Peasants before a Fire
Farmer with a Pig
1644
1644
A peasant woman