An Old Lady counting Money with a Young Boy - an Allegory of Avarice

PROVENANCE:
William Craven (1705-1769), 5th Baron Craven, Combe Abbey, Warwickshire (1769);
William, 6th Baron Craven (1738-1791);
William, 7th Baron and 1st Earl of Craven (1770-1825);
William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866);George Grimston Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven (1841-1883);
William George Robert Craven, 4th Earl of Craven (1868 -1921);
his sale, Christie's London, 13th April 1923, lot 101, as Honthorst;
A.J. de Jong Schouwenburg collection (1874-1937), Gorssel;
Katz, Dieren, 1936;
Private Collection, Rotterdam;
Private Collection, Vienna

LITERATURE:
Combe Abbey catalogue, 1866, p. 17, no. 249;
Exhib cat., Fries Museum, 'Lambert Jacobsz', Leeuwarden, 1936, no. 39;
De Jonge, 1938, p. 136, no. 57;
Judson/Ekkart, 2001, p.182;
Exhib cat, Brunswijk, 2000, p.50, 56 (no.39)

EXHIBITING:
29th June to 27th September 1936, Lambert Jacobs Exhibition, Friesischen Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland, Cat. no. 39