Lot 11: STUDIO OF PIETER AERTSEN AMSTERDAM 1507/8 - 1575

oil on panel

INTERIOR WITH A MAN AND A WOMAN COOKING A CHICKEN BEFORE A FIRE, OTHER FIGURES EATING AND DRINKING BEYOND

81.7 by 113.2 cm.; 32 by 44 1/2 in.

The composition is known through an engraving (in reverse) by Jacob Matham, dated 1603, after a design by Aertsen, an impression of which is in the Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam (see exhibition catalogue, Joachim Beuckelaer, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, p. 192, cat. no. 67, reproduced).