Lot 19: Gregorius Oosterlinck (Southern Netherlands, active 17th Century)

Gregorius Oosterlinck (Southern Netherlands, active 17th Century)
A tavern interior with soldiers merrymaking around a table
signed 'GREGORIO/OOSTERLINCK' (center right, on the pewter tankard)
oil on canvas
42¼ x 61¼ in. (107.3 x 155.6 cm.)

G. Baker, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northamptonshire, 1838, IV, p. 145, 'Flemish and Spanish cavaliers carousing, on a jug which stands on a table is written Gregorius Osterlink', as hanging in the Small Drawing Room.
A.P. de Mirimonde, 'Les Sujets de Musique chez les Caravagesques Flamands', Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 1965, pp. 168-169, fig. 42.
J. de Maere and M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, 1994, no. 920, p. 307.

George Fermor (1768-1830), 3rd Earl of Pomfret, York, and by descent to Lord and Lady Hesketh, Easton Neston; Sotheby's, Easton Neston, 17 May 2005, lot 84 (£62,400).
with Noortman Master Paintings, London and Maastricht, from whom acquired by the present owner.