JOOST CORNELISZ DROOGSLOOT Utrecht, Netherlands (1586 / 166

Oil on panel Signed with initials "JC (joined) DS (joined)" in the lower left At least six autograph versions of the present work are held in the RKD, with slight variations: Dorotheum, Vienna, September 10-18, 1984, lot 564; with B. Koetser, London, 1963; Christie's, Amsterdam, November 29, 1988, lot 30; National Gallery of Scotland; Phillips, London, December 5, 1995, lot 34 and in the Flehite Museum, Amersfoort. The first two are signed and dated 1630, the last two 1637 and 1631, respectively. Provenance: - Christie's Amsterdam, "Old Master Pictures", November 10, 1997, lot 127 - Castellana Auctions, Madrid, October 26, 1999, lot 129 - Private collection, Madrid. Dimensions: 29.5 x 43.5 cm