Joost van Geel
Rotterdam 1631 - Rotterdam 1698
The Card Players
1675
Oil on panel
49.5 × 51.5 cm. (19 ½ × 20 ¼ in.)
No
Framed Dimensions:
71 x 73 cm. (28 x 28 3/4 in.)£45,000
Provenance:
Cook Collection, Doughty House, Richmond.Literature:
‘Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond’, 1903,p.35, no.174, as Metsu;
J.A.Konig, ‘A Catalogue of the Paintings at Doughty House, Richmond’ Vol.II, 1914, no.282 illus.as Metsu ‘signed on the bench in the foreground’M.W.Brockwell, ‘Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond’, 1932, p.43, as ‘authentic…’.;
Exhibition History:
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, on loan 1947-58;
Manchester City Art Gallery, on loan 1964-82;