Lot 33

At least two other versions of this composition have come to auction in the past three decades: one catalogued as being by Jacob Andries Beschey (1710–1786) sold in 2000 (Drouot-Montaigne, Tableaux anciens, important mobilier francais du XVIIIe siecle, Paris, 27 April 2000, lot 151, oil on panel, 49 x 54 cm – sold 100,000 Fr. francs); and another offered in 2019 as one of a pair of similar compositions attributed to an unidentified early eighteenth century Flemish painter (Bonhams, Old Master Paintings, London, 23 October 2019, lot 149, oil on canvas, 53 x 62cm – not sold).