Live Auction 7822Cabinet d'un Amateur Européen
Christie’s roundel
Lot 315

Pieter Codde (Dutch, 1599-1678)

An elegant company making music in an interior

Closed9 December 2009

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GBP 15,000–20,000

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Pieter Codde (Dutch, 1599-1678)
An elegant company making music in an interior
oil on panel
12 3/8 x 16 in. (31.4 x 40.8 cm.)

P. Smidt van Gelder, Amsterdam; sale, Moos, Geneva 7 April 1933, lot 6. Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 11 December 1984, lot 105.
With Johnny van Haeften, London 1985.
With Robert Noortman, Maastricht and London.
Sold Christie's London, 7 July 1995, lot 54.

Specialist note

Once thought to be by Jacob Duck (sold as 'J. LeDuc' in 1897, to Martin Colnaghi), this picture's attribution to Codde has since been confirmed by Willem van de Wetering, on the basis of photographs.