Jan Miense Molenaer (1609/10-1668), Scène galante, c. 1650, oil on panel, signed (partially effaced), 36x27.5 cm (on view) Note: The work is included in the RKD images database under number 343776, (https://rkd.nl/images/343776) Provenance: Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 14-21 November 1978, lot no. 1850, (with appraisal by Walther Bernt and Kurt Bauch), Art dealer Alfred Brod, London, n.d., Private collection from Geneva built up between 1980 and 1990 and then passed on by inheritance. Webography: https://rkd.nl/images/69701, https://rkd.nl/images/275614 https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/46511/a-couple-in-aninterior'ctx=32d00390ffee88c3161b0dedb8e226a2c7941bf2&,idx=0# Wax stamp on reverse Collection of a Geneva art lover All lots marked in orange in the printed catalogue come from a private collection in Geneva (see pages 178 and 206 of this catalogue). This collection was formed in the 1980s and has been handed down by inheritance ever since. It consists mainly of Old Masters (lots 24,25,2685 to 2696,2708,2716,2731,2733 to 2735) and sacred art sculptures from the 14th to 16th centuries (lots 2437 to 2443).