Lot 78: Jan Olis (circa 1610-1676)

Elegant company drinking and smoking in an interior signed JO fecit (JO linked) on the sheet of paper centre right oil on panel 36.3 x 49.7 cm PROVENANCE John Newington Hughes (inscription on the reverse). with H. Cramer, The Hague, 1975/6. Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 135, ill. NOTES An early work by the artist, comparable with the picture, signed and dated 1632, offered at Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 136, in which a similar red tablecloth features.