Lot 108: Attributed to Adriaan de Lelie (Tilburg 1755-1820 Amsterdam)

Attributed to Adriaan de Lelie (Tilburg 1755-1820 Amsterdam)
A young woman holding a herring, standing with a boy in a window
with signature 'A. de Lelie' (lower right)
oil on panel
31.4 x 25.7 cm.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 May 2000, lot 96.

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Paul Knolle of the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede has suggested the possibility that Adriaan de Lelie's son Jan was responsible for this picture.