Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
Lot 140

Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)

Two peasants in a tavern

Closed8 December 2010

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Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
Two peasants in a tavern
signed and dated 'A.ostade.1642' (upper right)
oil on panel
9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.8 x 19.4 cm.)
with a crowned Royal cypher 'GR' (red stencil, on the reverse of the panel)

(Probably) Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1736- 1811), illegitimate son of King George II of Great Britain by his mistress Amalie von Wallmoden, Hanover, and by descent to his son,
Ludwig Georg Thedel, Field Marshal Graf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1769-1862), distinguished officer of the Napoleonic Wars, Hanover, from whom acquired by
Oberbaurath Herr Bernhard Hausmann (1784-1873), Hanover, no. 31 in his Haupt-Catalog, with whose collection acquired in 1857 by
H.M. George V, King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland (1819-1878; reg. 1851-1866), Herrenhausen, Hanover, and by descent to his son,
Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg and Duke of Cumberland, Hanover (1845-1923); sold by his estate,
Fideikommiss-Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig-Lüneburg; Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 27-28 April 1926, lot 120, 'Nach W. v. Bode eigenhändige Arbeit des Meisters'.