Jan Steen 1626 – Leiden – 1679

The Merry Homecoming

Provenance

London, Collection Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet (1776-1830)
His deceased sale, London, Christie’s, 26 March 1831 (Lugt no. 12611), lot 58, to Berlin, collection Edward Solly (1776-1844)
His sale, London, Foster & Sons, 31 May 1837 (Lugt no. 14736), lot 49, to Norton (460 $orins)
France, private collection, until 2024

Literature

J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, 9 vols., London 1829-1842, 9 (1842, Supplement), p. 491, cat. no. 48
T. van Westrheene, Jan Steen : étude sur l’Art en Hollande, The Hague 1856, p. 154, no. 303

C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke des hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, 10 vols., Esslingen 1907-1928, 1 (1907), p. 155, cat. no. 642a; p. 190, cat. no. 755 (English ed., London 1908, p. 167, cat. no. 642a; pp. 202-203, cat. no. 755)

K. Braun, Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Jan Steen, Rotterdam 1980, p. 154, cat. no. A-443