
Poppy Harvey-Jones
Head of Sale
£8,000 - £12,000
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Provenance
The Collection of F. Kleinberger, Paris
The Collection of L. Nardus, Suresnes
Sale, Muller, Amsterdam, June 1909, lot 3
Sale, Sainte Gudule, Brussels, 10-11 May 1922, lot 22
Sale, Fievez, Brussels, 30 April 1947, lot 21
Sale, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 11-12 October 1955, lot 138
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1907, vol. II, p. 224, cat. no. 757
The technique and composition of the present panel may be compared to three works by Abraham Calraet in particular: A shepherd and shepherdess with sheep and a copper jug in a stable interior (signed with monogram 'A.C.', on panel, Christie's Amsterdam, 14 July 2002, lot 143); A butcher with a bull (on panel, 32.4 x 44.2 cm., Christie's London, 5 July, 1991, lot 320); and A prize bull being paraded in a town square (Christie's New York, 18 May 1994, lot 35).