Lot 5: Bartholomeus van Bassen (The Hague? circa 1590-1652)

Bartholomeus van Bassen (The Hague? circa 1590-1652)
A palace interior with figures
signed and dated 'B. van Bassen/1630' (lower right, on the plinth)
oil on panel
16¾ x 24 1/8 in. (42.5 x 61.3 cm.)

Scottish private collection; Christie's, London, 11 April 1924, lot 1 (25 gns. to Parsons).
Baron Léon de Pitteurs Hugaerts d'Orange, Brussels; (+), sale, Galerie Fievez, Brussels, 14-17 December 1927, lot 6.
with Jean Bohne, Inc., New York.
with H. Shickman, New York, from whom purchased by the Ford Foundation.

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