Lot 44: JAN WOUTERSZ., CALLED STAP

JAN WOUTERSZ., CALLED STAP AMSTERDAM 1599 - 1663 A PHILOSOPHER WITH A YOUNG CHILD signed on the sheet of paper lower left: J.W. STAP oil on panel 84.5 by 59.5 cm.

G.F. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art, London, 1857, vol. IV, p. 426, where listed as executed between 1530-40 (sic).

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891);
By descent to his grandson Lord Richard Cavendish (1871-1946), Holker Hall, Lancashire, where the painting hung in the School-Room;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 12 December 1930, lot 43, where purchased by Horsley.