Live Auction 20686Old Masters Part II: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Watercolours
DIRCK HALS (HAARLEM 1591-1656) AND STUDIO
Lot 133 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

DIRCK HALS (HAARLEM 1591-1656) AND STUDIO

A merry company smoking, drinking and playing backgammon in an interior

Closed8 December 2023

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GBP 15,000–25,000

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DIRCK HALS (HAARLEM 1591-1656) AND STUDIO
A merry company smoking, drinking and playing backgammon in an interior
oil on panel
15 5⁄8 x 22 ¼ in. (39.7 x 56.6 cm.)

with Galerie J. Herbrand, Paris, 1928.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1971, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner.

Specialist note


This jovial scene of drinkers and backgammon players is almost identical in composition to a painting by Hals which is dated 1628 (last recorded in 1957, also with P. de Boer, Amsterdam; see Nehlsen-Marten, op. cit., p. 280, no. 117), which features a dog at lower left.