Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)A peasant woman
bears initials 'AO' (centre left)
oil on canvas with paper additions
16.4 x 13.8cm (6 7/16 x 5 7/16in).注脚Provenance
The Collection of Charles T. D. Crews, London, before 1907
His sale, Christie's, 1 July 1915, lot 57 (8.8gns to Evans)
With Salomon Pynappel, London, 1960, where purchased by the present owner's father

Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1907, vol. III, p. 418, no. 905

We are grateful to Dr. Bernhard Schnackenburg for confirming the attribution to Adriaen van Ostade on the basis of a colour photograph. He has suggested a date between 1650 and 1670.