Haarlem 1621 – Haarlem 1649
A Village School with a Teacher and his Pupils
Signed ‘Isack van Ostade’ | Dated ‘164 .’ | Centre right
Oil on panel
H. 43 cm. | W. 54 cm.
PROVENANCESir Francis Cook 1st Baronet | Doughty House | Richmond Surry;By inheritance to Sir Francis Cook 4th Baronet;Collection M.H. Drey | London;Anonymous sale | Sotheby’s | New York | 1 June 1990 | Lot 36 ($ 60.500 hammer);
With Heide Hübner Kunsthandel | Würzburg;
Private collection | Germany
LITERATURE
Hofstede de Groot, C. (1910). Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts. Esslingen, Paris, London: Neff, Vol. III, nr. 164;
Kronig, J.O. (1914). A catalogue of the paintings at Doughty House Richmond and elsewhere in the collection of Sir Frederick Cook, Viscomte de Monserrate. London: Heinemann, Vol. II, cat. nr. 308;
Brockwell, M.W. (1932). Abridged catalogue of the pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey in the collection of Sir Herbert Cook. London: Heinemann, S. 41, nr. 308
EXPERTISE
With certificate of Heide Hübner Kunsthandel, Würzburg, Germany, dated 9 August 1990 (ref. nr. 789.2-s.20013)