Prince Eugene of Savoy Vetting a Line-up of Prostitutes

Cornelis Troost, 1720 - 1730

Prince Eugene of Savoy was an impressive general and art collector. According to an old inscription once attached to this drawing, he is seen here with the Amsterdam bookdealer Louis Renard in the exclusive brothel run by Madame Thérèse on Amsterdam’s Prinsengracht. He had the ‘available’ women parade in review, just as he did his own troops. Troost doubtless based his drawing on an anecdote circulating about this at the time.

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1899-A-4220
Dimensionsheight 325 mm x width 513 mm
Physical characteristicsblack chalk and grey wash, on blue paper

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Identification

Title(s)
Prince Eugene of Savoy Vetting a Line-up of Prostitutes
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1899-A-4220
Description
Prins Eugenius van Savoye in het etablissement (bordeel) van Mme Traese (of Théresè) op de Prinsengracht te Amsterdam aanschouwt zittend op een stoel een revue van prostituées met opgeschorte rokken en ontbloote onderlichamen, ca. 1720.
Inscriptions / marks
inscription: ‘De Prins Eugeen, met de Heer Renart, (..) een Pleysier willende nemen, sijnde gegaan op de Prinse Gragt, by Madam Traese tot Amsterdam, hebbende aldaar de Revue laten doen van al de dames die daar omtrent te krijgen waren; alwaer die Prins sijn grootste vermaak in vond om se van agter en van voor ter deeg te beschouwen / [andere hand] april 1708’
Catalogue reference
FMH 3720-A

Creation

Creation
draftsman (artist): Cornelis Troost, Northern Netherlands
Dating
1720 - 1730
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Material and technique

Physical description
black chalk and grey wash, on blue paper
Dimensions
height 325 mm x width 513 mm

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Person
Subject
Place
Period
1720 - 1724

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1899-12
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. IV (supplement, aanhangsel en algemeen register), p. 295, nr. 3720A.

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