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CORNELIS TROOST | Study of the Head of a Man: for Het beslikte Swaantje
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Cornelis Troost
- Study of the Head of a Man: for Het beslikte Swaantje
- Oil on paper;bears old attribution in brown ink on a tab of paper attached to the verso: C. Troost. and an old numbering in brown ink, verso: No: 50
- 105 by 91 mm; 4 1/8 by 3 5/8 in
Provenance
Révon;
sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 27 April 1909, lot 256;
Sieb Fontein, Bennebroek;
sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 10 November 1997, lot 200,
where acquired by the present owners
sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 27 April 1909, lot 256;
Sieb Fontein, Bennebroek;
sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 10 November 1997, lot 200,
where acquired by the present owners
Exhibited
Boston, St. Botolph Club, A Selection of Dutch 18th Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Gordon Collection, 2003, no. 15
Literature
J.W. Niemeijer, Cornelis Troost 1696-1750, Assen 1973, p. 246, no. 311 S, reproduced
Condition
The sheet remains totally free. There is a small loss to the right half of the upper edge and what appears to be an old crease to the lower left corner. The work is in otherwise very good condition, with the oil paint stable and strong throughout. Sold in an elaborate, carved and gilded frame.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Troost made several pastels and oil paintings illustrating scenes from Abraham Alewyn's play, Beslikte Swaantje, and this oil on paper study is for the figure of the Squire in another depiction of the same scene that we see in the previous lot. The painting, dated 1741, is now in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam.1 A number of other figures from the same composition are recorded in a set of black and red chalk studies, now in the collections of the Koninglijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam2, but the present oil study, surely preparatory for the painting, seems to be almost unique in Troost's work. 1. Niemeijer, op. cit., no. 289 S
2. Ibid., nos. 305 T-309 T
2. Ibid., nos. 305 T-309 T