It Takes Strong Legs to Carry Luxury

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1625 - c. 1635

Being short of money may be unpleasant, but having too much of it causes its own problems. This drawing is a literal illustration of an Old Dutch saying, which translates as: ‘It takes strong legs to carry luxury’. Moral strength is needed to be able to support the burden of worldly riches.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-00-758
  • Dimensionsheight 503 mm x width 408 mm
  • Physical characteristicsred chalk, original framing line in red chalk

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • It Takes Strong Legs to Carry Luxury
    • ‘It Takes Strong Legs to Carry Luxury’

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-00-758

  • Description

    Een man draagt een rijke vrouw die een glas en een pijp in de ene hand heeft en geld strooit met de andere hand.

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

  • Dating

    c. 1625 - c. 1635

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    red chalk, original framing line in red chalk

  • Dimensions

    height 503 mm x width 408 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    D. Franken Bequest, Le Vésinet

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1898

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Carl Keyl (1799-1826, Leipzig), Leipzig (Weigel), 17 April 1822, no. 88, as Abraham Teniers (‘Ein Mann trägt ein prächtig gekleidetes lachendes Weib, das in der linken Hand ein Glass halt, mit der rechten aber Geld ausstrent, auf seinen Schulteru. Unten liest man auf einer Palierrolle: Het syn stercke beenen die weelde konne dragen. […] Zeichnung, m. Rothst […]’), to the dealer Weigel;{Copy RKD.} his sale, Leipzig (Weigel), 16 February 1824, no. 77, as Abraham Teniers (description as above);{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Georg Carl Valentin Schöffer (1841-1915, Amsterdam and Scheveningen), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 30 May 1893 sqq., no. 422, fl. 71, to Daniël Franken Dzn (1838-98), Amsterdam and Le Vésinet;{Copy RKD. The copy is annotated ‘niet van Scheffer’ (not from Schöffer).}; by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. 2228), 1898

Documentation

  • E. Buijsen, 'Roodkrijttekeningen naar schilderijen van Adriaen van de Venne en hun mogelijke functie', Oud Holland 118, nr. 3/4 (2005), p. 167, afb. 6

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