Lot 109: Jan van Gool (The Hague 1687-1763)

An elegant company by a tavern, with cows, sheep, goats and other animals
signed 'J:V:Gool.F.t' (lower right)
oil on panel
53.1 x 78 cm.
with a black collector's wax seal bearing a coat-of-arms (on reverse)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 February 1940, lot 146 (11 gns. to Vaz Diaz).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 November 1992, lot 85, where purchased by the present owner.

Property from a Private Collection (lots 109-110)

It has been suggested in the past that the man in the red jacket seated on the left hand side, smoking a pipe, might be Jan van Gool himself.

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.