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Jan Steen (artist) Dutch, 1625/1626 - 1679 The Dancing Couple, 1663 oil on canvas Overall: 102.5 x 142.5 cm (40 3/8 x 56 1/8 in.) framed: 131.4 x 171.8 cm (51 3/4 x 67 5/8 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.81 |
Object 5 of 8
Provenance
Probably (sale, The Hague, 24 April 1737, no. 7).[1] Pieter Bisschop [c. 1690-1758] and Jan Bisschop [1680-1771], Rotterdam, by 1752; purchased 1771 with the Bisschop collection by Adrian Hope [1709-1781] and his nephew, John Hope [1737-1784], Amsterdam; by inheritance after Adrian's death to John, Amsterdam and The Hague; by inheritance to his sons, Thomas Hope [1769-1831], Adrian Elias Hope [1772-1834], and Henry Philip Hope [1774-1839], Bosbeek House, near Heemstede, and, as of 1794, London, where the collection was in possession of John's cousin, Henry Hope [c. 1739-1811], London; by inheritance 1811 solely to Henry Philip, Amsterdam and London, but in possession of his brother, Thomas, London; by inheritance 1839 to Thomas' son, Henry Thomas Hope [1808-1862], London; by inheritance to his wife, née Adèle Bichat [d. 1884], London; by inheritance to her grandson, Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme [1866-1941], London, by whom lent 1891-1898 to the South Kensington Museum, London; (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. and Charles Wertheimer, London), 1898-1901; (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); sold 1901 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] For a discussion of the provenance of this painting, including the 1737 sale, see Ben Broos, Great Dutch Paintings from America, exh. cat., Mauritshuis, The Hague; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Zwolle and The Hague, 1990: 419-423.
Associated Names
- Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
- Bisschop, Jan
- Bisschop, Pieter
- Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
- Hope, Adrian
- Hope, Adrian Elias
- Hope, Henry Philip
- Hope, Henry Thomas
- Hope, Henry Thomas, Mrs.
- Hope, John
- Hope, Thomas
- Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Henry Francis Hope, Lord
- Sale, The Hague
- Wertheimer, Charles J.
- Widener, Joseph E.
- Widener, Peter Arrell Brown
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