Pieter Jansz. Quast

Pieter Jansz. Quast (Amsterdam 1605-1647) A quack selling a remedy to peasants in a market signed with initials and dated 'PQ/1646', and indistinctly inscribed 'Proebatt..../op dit been of op de/...' graphite on vellum, black ink framing lines 11½ x 14 7/8 in. (29.5 x 37.8 cm.) Anonymous sale; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 25 June 1929, lot 446. with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam. E.J. Otto (L. 873b). Henry M. Knight (1903-1970). with H. Nijstad and T. Laurentius, Amsterdam, 1972, no. 65. Private collection, Holland. Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 25 November 1992, lot 554. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH E. Hoffman, ...Yearbook, Budapest, VI, 1931, p. 205, pl. 90.

Pieter Jansz Quast (Amsterdam 1605/06-1647) Soldiers playing cards in an interior oil on panel, laid down on panel 45 x 49.9 cm. Anonymous sale; Lepke, Berlin, 1 April 1930, lot 112. Anonymous sale; Rudolph, Hamburg, 21 April 1951, lot 347. We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 26 september 2013).

Pieter Jansz. Quast (Amsterdam 1605-1647) Three figure drawings from a sketchbook: A halberdier; A quarrelsome peasant with a cudgel; and A quarrelsome peasant with a knife signed 'Pieter Quast' (1), signed with monogram and dated '1640' (3) and numbered respectively '5' (1), '32' (2) and '33' (3) graphite on vellum 7¾ x 6 in. (19.7 x 15.3 cm.) (3) Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 November 1981, part of lot 14 and lot 20. These three spirited figure studies were previously bound in a sketchbook, which contained drawings of people of various ranks and trades, and from which more than forty sheets were offered at the 1981 sale. Each of the sheets from the sketchbook bears a number and so it is possible to reconstruct at least part of the arrangement, which indicates that the studies were bound by theme and that the volume probably served as a model book. The halberdier was originally bound after some pages showing cavaliers in very elaborate costume, whereas the two fighting men appeared in a section devoted to beggars, peasants and those of more modest status. Each of the present works displays both Quast's visual wit and his remarkable finesse of execution.

QUAST, PIETER JANSZ (1606 Amsterdam 1647) A scene at an inn. Black chalk on vellum. 21.3 x 17.5 cm. Framed. Provenance: - collector's stamp: R.P. (red brown, verso), not in Lugt - Collection of Vincent Mayer (1831-1901), New York/ Freiburg i.Br., Lugt 2525 CHF 1 000.- / 1 500.- € 770.- / 1 150.- QUAST, PIETER JANSZ (1606 Amsterdam 1647) Wirtshausszene. Schwarze Kreide auf Pergament. 21,3 x 17,5 cm. Gerahmt. Provenienz: - Sammlerstempel: R.P. (rotbraun, verso), nicht bei Lugt - Sammlung Vincent Mayer (1831-1901), New York/ Freiburg i.Br., Lugt 2525 CHF 1 000.- / 1 500.- € 770.- / 1 150.-

Pieter Jansz. Quast (Amsterdam c. 1605-1647) A tavern interior with peasants drinking and smoking beside afire oil on panel 50.5 x 44.7 cm. inscribed 'haupf Catal: 44 P. Quast' (on a early label on thereverse) Anonymous sale; Philips, London, 5 July 1994, lot 1. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1998, lot158.