Lot 322: Harmen Hals

Harmen Hals
Haarlem 1611 - 1669
an interior with peasants singing and a woman playing a recorder before a fireplace
signed with monogram lower left: HAL, inscribed with inventory number on the reverse: 6478
oil on panel
35.8 by 27.2 cm.; 14 by 10 3/4 in.
The arrangement of figures can be related, although with numerous differences, to that in a signed painting by Hals sold London, Christie's, 24 April 1998, lot 48, which also incorporates a similar figure to the peasant woman playing the recorder on the right of the composition.