Lot 32: PIETER SYMONSZ. POTTER ENKHUIZEN 1597/1600 - 1652 AMSTERDAM

THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR

SOLDIERS IN A GUARDROOM SMOKING AND PLAYING DICE ON A DRUM

SOLDIERS IN A GUARDROOM SMOKING AND PLAYING DICE ON A DRUM

measurements note
20.5 by 28.5 cm.

signed lower centre: P. Potter F.

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 15 December 1989, lot 160, sold for £7,700;
With René Schreuder, Aerdenhout, by 1990;
With Rafael Valls, London, 1995, where acquired by the present owner.

EXHIBITED

Delft, Antique fair, October 1990;
Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair, 1991 and 1993 (Rafael Valls, London).

NOTE

Like most of Potter's guardroom scenes this picture is most likely to be painted in Amsterdam in the 1630s. Another comparable signed work, dated 1636, with larger measurements, was sold New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 1999, lot 232.