A Couple Making Music

Cornelis Troost (1696-1750), olieverf op paneel, 1743

SK-A-4115

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

signature and date: ‘C. Troost 1743’

painter: Cornelis Troost

1743

olieverf op paneel

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

Public domain

…; 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

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