Cornelis Troost

'Ibant qui poterant, qui non potuere cadebant' (Those who could, walked; those who could not, fell)

190 detail signatuur en datering
190 ingelijst
190 voorzijde
190 voorzijde

Cornelis Troost
'Ibant qui poterant, qui non potuere cadebant' (Those who could, walked; those who could not, fell)

1739 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.

Détails techniques
190 voorzijde

Cornelis Troost
'Ibant qui poterant, qui non potuere cadebant' (Those who could, walked; those who could not, fell)

1739 Non visible

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Informations générales
Artiste Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam 1696 - 1750 Amsterdam)
Titre 'Ibant qui poterant, qui non potuere cadebant' (Those who could, walked; those who could not, fell)
Datation 1739
Nom de l'objet pastel
Numéro d'inventaire 190
Détails des matériaux et techniques
Technique pastel, gouache
Matériau paper on canvas
Dimensions 57.7 x 74 cm
Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower left, on the edge of the step: C. Troost. 1739

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