Lot 118: Jan Tilius (Geffen 1653-after 1694 ?London)

Jan Tilius (Geffen 1653-after 1694 ?London)
A libertine and a sleeping lady
signed 'Tielius.pυt:' (lower right)
oil on panel
16 5/8 x 13 in. (42.2 x 33 cm.)

J. Fischer, Catalog der Gemählde-Gallerie des durchlauchtigen Fürsten Nicolaus Esterházy von Galantha zu Wien, Eisenstadt, 1815, p. 188.
A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, Amsterdam, 1963 (reprint of 1906-1911 edition), I, p. 533, under 'Fielius [Tilus]'.

Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy de Galántha (1765-1833), collector and patron of Haydn and Beethoven, Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt.
with Samuel Hartveld, Antwerp, 1936.

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