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Contented Old Man, The

Maker

(artist)
1610-1690

(publisher)
1707-1783

Title

Contented Old Man, The

Date of Production

1735

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.1104

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black ink: ‘D. Teniers pinxit’; lower centre edge, black ink: ‘LE VIEILLARD CONTENT’; lower centre, black ink: ‘Tire du cabinet de Mgv. le Duc de Valentinois’; lower centre, black ink: ‘Toujours contens de son Destin, // Ce Vieillard passe ainsi sa vie, // Sans scavoir, sans Philosophie, // Il tient son bonheur dans sa main.’; lower centre, black ink: ‘a Paris chez la Bas rue de la Harpe chez un fayancie a la Rose rouge 1735’.

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