Provenance: Private Collection. Reference bibliography: John Smith, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French painters, Londra, Smith & Son, 1829-1842 Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, based on the work of John Smith, Londra, Macmillan, 1908-27 Francine-Claire Legrand, Les Peintres Flamands de Genre au XVII siècle, Brussels 1963, pp. 198-201, n.75-79, n.82 Friderich Winkler, Der unbekannte Sebastiaen Vranckx, in “Pantheon”, settembre- ottobre 1964, XXII, pp. 322-344 Hans Vlieghe, Flemish Art and Architecture 1585-1700, (The Pelican History of Art), Cambridge 1998, pp. 326-327, pp 371-372, pp.378-379. The artwork is accompanied by a text by Justus Muller Hofstede, January 20th 2000. For the full text please contact the auction house.