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Three men in conversation at a table

Maker

(artist)
1653-1702

(etcher)
1653-1702

Title

Three men in conversation at a table

Date of Production

(c.) 1680 - 1700

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

Width: 9.4 cm
Width: 8.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4697.2

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







Related Works

Four tavern scenes

Label Text

Although he was born in the Netherlands, Laroon lived and worked in England for most of his life. Most of his small etched compositions show figures in tavern settings drinking, conversing or playing card games. These loosely-handled etchings suggest the influence of Dutch genre prints of everyday life. Such ‘low-life’ subjects were disliked by the antiquary and engraver George Vertue who criticised Laroon’s questionable lifestyle and morality.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Purpose and Process: British and French Printmaking 1600 - 1900, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/2014-20/06/2014

Literature

Dutch and Flemish Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700
vol. X, no. 6 on p. 29

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: M. LAROON //

Inscription: M. F. //

Inscription: 935/15(38) //

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