Cornelis Troost

'Rumor erat in casa' (There was a commotion in the house)

189 detail signatuur
189 ingelijst
189 voorzijde
189 voorzijde

Cornelis Troost
'Rumor erat in casa' (There was a commotion in the house)

c. 1739-1740 Non visible

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.

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189 voorzijde

Cornelis Troost
'Rumor erat in casa' (There was a commotion in the house)

c. 1739-1740 Non visible

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Informations générales
Artiste Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam 1696 - 1750 Amsterdam)
Titre 'Rumor erat in casa' (There was a commotion in the house)
Datation c. 1739-1740
Nom de l'objet pastel
Numéro d'inventaire 189
Détails des matériaux et techniques
Technique pastel, gouache
Matériau paper on canvas
Dimensions 58.2 x 73.2 cm
Inscriptions
Signed lower left, on a plinth: C. Troost

Origine

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