A Couple Making Music

Cornelis Troost, 1743

Music-making flourished within families during the 18th century. The man here evidently plays the recorder; his wife turns the corner of a page of a music book. Behind them a full bookcase can be seen behind a slightly open curtain. Besides being a sign of refinement, the making of music together can serve as an allusion to a harmonious marriage.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4115
  • Dimensionsheight 49 cm x width 68 cm, depth 8.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Couple Making Music

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4115

  • Description

    Musicerend paar. Interieur met een staande man met fluit en een zittende vrouw met een muziekboek. Rechts achter een gordijn een boekenkast.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘C. Troost 1743’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Cornelis Troost

  • Dating

    1743

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • height 49 cm x width 68 cm
    • depth 8.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1965

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from an unknown family, Virginia, to the dealer Weitzner;{GRI, Spec. Coll., Schaeffer Galleries Archive, acc. No. 910148, box 9, inventory cards 1000-2832, note dd. 3 August 1965.} possibly sold through the dealer Weitzner, from the dealer Appleby, $ 2,500, to the Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1964;{GRI, Spec. Coll., Schaeffer Galleries Archive, acc. No. 910148, box 9, inventory cards 1000-2832, no. 2372.} from whom, fl. 28,883.64, to the museum, 1965

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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