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Peasants on the Way to the Market. Frans Snyders and Jan Boeckhorst

between 1630 and 1640
oil on canvas
Height: 217.5 cm (85.6 in). Width: 272.5 cm (107.3 in).
Accession number RH.S.209
Object history

by circa 1815: William Buchanan (art dealer), London
by circa 1818: Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
by 1889: Lady Ashburton
1911: acquired by Laurent Meeus, Brussels
9 April 1990: purchased by the Rubenshuis, Antwerp, at the sale of the collection of the estate of Laurent Meeus at Christie's, London, lot no. 29

Exhibition history Jan Boeckhorst 1604-1668 medewerker van Rubens, 7 July 1990–2 September 1990, Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Cat.no. 34.
Inscriptions bottom center: DOET V CHARITATE TOT LAVENISSE VAN DE ZIELEN INT VAGHEVIER
References RKDimages, Art-work number 10577, as Boeren op weg naar de markt, 1630-1640.