Man and woman seated in a tavern
Maker
(artist)
1610-1690
1610-1690
Title
Man and woman seated in a tavern
Date of Production
1660 - 1669
Medium
black chalk or graphite and grey wash on paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2198 (MISSING)
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Adelbert Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow, Belton House (1867-1927); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 July 1926, lot 41; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952; noted missing February 1989; Henk J. Stokking Gallery, Amsterdam, by 1983 (according to Christie's); Robert Noortman, Maastricht (1946-2007), by 1991 (when exhibited in Antwerp as in his possession); Christie's (Amsterdam), 25 November 1992, lot 546 (as 'A Woman smoking and Peasant drinking by a Barrel in a Tavern', sold for 8,050 guilders); current whereabouts unknown
Exhibition History
David Teniers de Jonge, Schilderijen, Tekeningen, Musée Royale des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp, 1991
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, 1972 (Apr.-May) ...More
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of paintings: seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 29/02/1928-26/05/1928; City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 01/06/1928-01/09/1928
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, 1972 (Apr.-May) ...More
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of paintings: seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 29/02/1928-26/05/1928; City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 01/06/1928-01/09/1928
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
Literature
David Teniers de Jonge: Schilderijen. Tekeningen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1991
p. 329, no. 137
ill. on p. 329
High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, April - May 1972
cat. no. 16
as Teniers
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131 ...More
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 477
Exhibition of paintings : seventeenth century dutch and flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent and City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 1928, 1928
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927 ...Less
p. 329, no. 137
ill. on p. 329
High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, April - May 1972
cat. no. 16
as Teniers
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131 ...More
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 477
Exhibition of paintings : seventeenth century dutch and flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent and City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 1928, 1928
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: foolscap (according to Christie's 1992 entry).
Inscription: Recto: an unidentified collector's number: "no. 103". Verso: colour notes: "Blau / blau / groen / purper"; an unidentified collector's number: "no 1297".
Inscription: Recto: an unidentified collector's number: "no. 103". Verso: colour notes: "Blau / blau / groen / purper"; an unidentified collector's number: "no 1297".
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