'Wat maeckmen al om Gelt': 'What one does for money'

Details

Circle of Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (Delft 1589-1662 The Hague)
'Wat maeckmen al om Gelt': 'What one does for money'
oil on panel
43 x 34.6 cm.
inscribed with title (centre right)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 30 November 1981, lot 104, where acquired by the present owners.

Special Notice

“ ! ”: Lot is imported from outside the EU. For each Lot the Buyer’s Premium is calculated as 37.75% of the Hammer Price up to a value of €30,000, plus 31.7% of the Hammer Price between €30,001 and €1,200,000, plus 22.02% of any amount in excess of €1,200,000.

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Lot Essay

Van de Venne painted several pictures depicting the Dutch saying 'Wat maakt men al voor geld, zei de boer en hij zag de aap op het venster zitten': 'What one does for money, the farmer said and he saw the monkey in the window sill', such as the one dated 1625 in the Szépmüvészeti Museum, Budapest.

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