Lot 78: Attributed to Jacob Ochtervelt , Rotterdam 1634 - 1682 Amsterdam A man with a feathered head, making an obscene gesture oil on panel, oval

indistinctly signed lower right: o. f. oil on panel, oval

measurements note 12.4 by 9.4 cm.

Count Cavens;
Dr. C.J. Noever, 1936;
Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 12 May 1992, lot 70;
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 October 1996, lot 139 (both the above as attributed to Jan Steen).

OTHER PROPERTIES
Most of Ochtervelt's production consists of interior scenes, but a small body of representations of half-length figures exist. Ochtervelt's Singing violinist which was sold London, Sotheby's, 6 December 2007, lot 176, belongs to this group of small-scale paintings datable to the mid 1660s.υ1 The present work shows a similar handling of the paint, most notable in the light and dark transitions of the white sleeve and collar. The somewhat irregular brushstrokes of the white textures contrast with the very smooth application of the face and the orange coat, another stylistic similarity between the Singing violinist and the present work. 1. S. Donahue Kuretsky, The Paintings of Jacob van Ochtervelt (1634-1682), Oxford 1979, pp. 20-22 and 67, cat. no. 34, reproduced fig. 63.