Le Buveur Flamand
Maker
(artist)
1610-1690
(engraver)
born ca. 1718 or 1730, died ca. 1800 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1610-1690
(engraver)
born ca. 1718 or 1730, died ca. 1800 (Life dates)
(publisher)
Title
Le Buveur Flamand
Date of Production
1743
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.6 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2231
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, black ink: "LE BUVEUR FLAMAND, // Grave d'Apres le Tableau Original de meme grandeur. // Jaimais notre coeur ne fut plein // Du desir chimerique et vain // D'acquerir de la gloire et de la renommee; // Et quand nous avons du chagrin, // Nous scavons le noyer au fond d'un broc de vin, // Ou le dissiper en fumee. // A Paris chez Lebas Graveur du Roy, rue de la Harpe. 1743. // Et chez Major a Londres."; lower right edge, black ink: "P. Chenu Sculp."; lower right corner, black ink: "18.".
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