Attributed to Pieter Jansz. Post

(Haarlem 1608–1669)
Soldiers plundering a village,
oil on canvas, 79.5 x 114 cm, framed

Provenance:
with Lesley Hand, before 1969;
William Delmege;
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 26 March 1969;
where purchased by Frost & Reed, London;
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 December 1972, lot 92 (as Esaias van de Velde);
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (as Esaias van de Velde);
sale, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, 8 May 2007, lot 55;
where acquired by the present owner

Literature:
G. S. Keyes, Esaias van de Velde, Doornspijk 1984, pp. 293/94, no. 61 (as Pieter Post);
P. C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America, Washington 1986, p. 145;
D. Jaffe, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1997, p. 98, illustrated

The present painting is listed in the RKD database under no. 180939 as attributed to Pieter Post. Pieter Post was the elder brother of Frans Post.