Lot 1541A
AFTER ADRIAEN BROUWER (c.1605-1638) A PEASANT CRUSHING A LOUSE Oil on panel 23.5 x 18.5cm. * Another copy is to be found in the Museum in Hannover but the prime version is believed to be lost. A further copy was sold at Christies in New York, April 19th 2018, lot 214 ( 7500) Provenance: Admiral Sir Lionel Preston, KCB; his sale, London, Christies, May 31st 1946, lot 147 as Brouwer, described as `A Man at his Toilet` (8gns)
