Workmen before an Inn

Isack van Ostade (artist)
Dutch, 1621 - 1649
Workmen before an Inn, 1645
oil on panel
Overall: 66 x 58.4 cm (26 x 23 in.) framed: 94.9 x 86.7 x 7 cm (37 3/8 x 34 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Gift of Richard A. and Lee G. Kirstein, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
1991.64.1

From the Tour: Dutch Still Lifes and Landscapes of the 1600s
Object 8 of 8

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Van Tol, Souterwoude, near Leiden; (sale, Amsterdam, 15 June 1779, no. 13); Wubbels. J.E. Fiseau, Amsterdam; (sale, Amsterdam, 30 August 1797, no. 165); (J. de Bos, Amsterdam). Baron Guillaume-Joseph de Brienen van de Grootelindt, Amsterdam, by 1842; by inheritance to Baron Guillaume-Thierry-Armand-Maria de Brienen van de Grootelindt, Amsterdam; (sale, Paris, 8 May 1865, no. 23); Marquis H. de V[illefosse?], Paris; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 5-6 June 1871, no. 218); Comte Henri Greffulhe [1848-1932], Paris; (Greffulhe sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 22 July 1937, no. 74); (Roland & Delbanco, London, 1937-1939); Adolf Mayer, The Hague; (Edward Speelman, London); private collection, England; (Duits Gallery, London);[1] (Christian Humann, Paris and New York, 1968-1973); Claus Virch, Paris, 1973-1977;[2] (Brod, London, 1977). Richard A. and Lee G. Kirstein, Washington; gift 1991 to NGA.

[1]Duits Gallery Records, Box 38, no. 1946, Getty Research Institute. According to these records, Duits sold the picture on 30 July 1970 to Mertens.[2] Dr. Claus Virch, a former owner of Workmen before an Inn, provided information regarding the painting's provenance (see letter of June 1991 in NGA curatorial files).

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