Lot 22: Petrus Staverenus (active in The Hague 1634-1654)

The Smoker
indistinctly signed 'P...' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76 x 61.1 cm.

with D. Katz, Dieren, circa 1930, with its pendant, as Judith Leyster.
Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 1962, with its pendant, as Jan Miense Molenaer.
with A. van der Meer, Amsterdam, 1963.

The signed pendant of the present lot, An old woman drinking from a wine glass, oil on canvas, 76 x 62.5 cm., was sold with Sotheby's, London, 12 December 2002, lot 33.

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