STEEN; JAN HAVICKSZ
Leyden 1626 - 1679

Interior with Tobacco Cutter. Oil on wood. 25 x 20;5cm. Signed upper right: J.(lig.) Steen. Framed.

Verso:
On the panel various old adhesive labels:
Cook Collection 258;
Exhibited at the Loan Exhibition of Pictures by Jan Steen at the Dowdeswell Galleries;
London 1909; Nr. 25".

Assessment:
Dr. Walther Bernt; Munich; 1972;
Prof. Dr. Justus M黮ler-Hofstede; Bonn; 1973.

In a correspondence dated June 2000 Fred G. Meijer from the RKD in The Hague explicitly confirms the authorship of Jan Steen for the work present. However; after inspecting the photographies of the work; he questions the signature which in his opinion is weak and not characteristic for the artist.

Art trade; Van Ham.