Contented Old Man, The
Maker
(artist)
1610-1690
(publisher)
1707-1783
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
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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