JAN JACOBSZ VAN DER STOFFE (Leiden, c. 1610/11 - 1682) Battle Signed lower left Oil on panel, 42.7X65 cm Provenance: Vienna, Carl Gibian Collection (second sealing wax on verso) New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Sotheby's, 9 June 1993, lot 26 (as Jan Jacobsz van Der Stoffe) Milan, private collection Bibliography: https://rkd.nl/imageslite/188005 (as Jan Jacobsz van Der Stoffe) Jan Jacobsz van der Stoffe obtained the title of master in 1644. He held various positions in the famous Leiden Guild, of which he was the dean in 1669. As a painter, Jan van der Stoffe specialised mainly in knights' combats and hunting scenes in the style of Palamedes Palamedesz and Esaias van der Velde. The present painting is an example of his art. Comparisons can be made with the panels similar in subject matter and size that were exhibited at Sotheby's in London on 16 December 1999, lot 396, the one registered by the RKD and finally the panel published by Sestieri and mentioned in the bibliography. Reference bibliography: J. C. Overvoorde, Eenige bijzonderheden over den Leidschen schilder Jan Jacobsz. van der Stoffe, Leidsch jaarboekje 1920, pp. 49-64 G. Sestieri, I Pittori di battaglie, Rome 1999, pp. 615-617 J. Winiewicz-Wolska, Malarstwo holenderskie w zbiorach zamku królewskiego na Wawelu. Dutch painting in the collections of the Wawel Royal Castle, Cracow 2001, p. 218, no. 83