Cornelis Troost

'Erat Sermo inter Fratres' (The brothers conversed)

187 voorzijde
187 detail signatuur en datering
187 ingelijst
187 voorzijde
187 voorzijde

Cornelis Troost
'Erat Sermo inter Fratres' (The brothers conversed)

Not on view

This artwork is part of a group of five pastels. They form a humorous story that shows a group of distinguished gentlemen having a sociable evening, which starts off respectably and gradually gets completely out of hand through drink. The name of the series, ‘NELRI’, is a composition of the initials of the five Latin titles at the tops of the frames.

Here, Troost did not work in oil but in gouache (opaque watercolour with gum arabic) and pastel (soft chalk). This technique was very popular in the eighteenth century.

Technical details
187 voorzijde

Cornelis Troost
'Erat Sermo inter Fratres' (The brothers conversed)

Not on view

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General information
Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam 1696 - 1750 Amsterdam)
'Erat Sermo inter Fratres' (The brothers conversed)
pastel
187
Material and technical details
pastel, gouache
paper on canvas
58.2 x 74.4 cm
Inscriptions
on the base of the pilaster to the left of the door: C. Troost 1740

Provenance

Theodoor van Snakenburg, Leiden, 1740-1750; Jan Tak, Leiden, in or before 1774-1780 (bought for 3,000 guilders); his sale, Zoeterwoude, 5 September 1781 (Lugt 3295), nos. 118-122 (bought in for 2,030 guilders; his widow); Jan Arnout Bennet (son-in-law of Tak), Leiden; his sale, Leiden, 1 April 1829 (Lugt 11989), no. 60 (bought in for 1,600 guilders); purchased, 1829