JAN STEEN
circa 1625-1679

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

JAN STEEN

circa 1625-1679
The Village Surgeon

oil on board
signed 'J Steen' lower left
29 x 24 cm

• Lot Sold $40,000 (Hammer Price)
• $48,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, 13 June 1809, lot 139, for 30 Florins;
Steinmeyer, Lucerne, Switzerland
Dr. C.J.K. van Aalst, Hoevelaken, The Netherlands
Mr Hans M. Cramer, The Hague
Private Collection, United States of America
Mr Hans M. Cramer, The Hague
Private Collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Holland im Engadin, 6 February - 2 March 1986, Zuoz, Graub\xFCnden, Switzerland, Chesa Planta, no. F.

Literature

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonne \x85., vol. I, London 1907, p. 65, no. 200;
E. Trautscholdt, in F. Thieme & U. Becker (ed.), Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden K\xFCnstler, vol. XXXI, Leipzig 1937, p. 511;
J.W. von Moltke, Dutch and Flemish Old Masters in the collection of Dr C.J.K. van Aalst, Huis te Hoevelaken, Holland, Verona 1939, p. 290;
Addendum to the exhibition catalogue Holland im Engadin, 1986, p. 13, no. F, (illustrated)
K. Braun, Alle tot nu bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Glarus 1980, p. 164, no. B-41.