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Old Couple at the Table
Lost Art-ID
108611
Artist
Craesbeeck, Joos van
Birth
(um) 1605, Neerlinter (Brabant)
Death
1654/1661, Brüssel
Title
Old Couple at the Table
Datierung
1600-1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
oak / painted
Height
27.00 cm
Width
25.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 90
Description
Signed on the right side of the bench: „IVCR“; an old couple sit at the table, while Death looks in through the door; the man, who wears a red coat, blue cloak and high gray cap, has his eyes closed and his head is resting in his hand; he has drawn with chalk on the table in front of him; the woman wears a broad-rimmed black hat and warms her hands at the brazier; on the right, there are a pot on a barrel and a pewter jug on the floor; the paintwork is slightly dull, but colourful.
Provenance
From the poperty of duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (cf. 1826 inventory). [...]. Photographed by Rose Heidl in 1936; in 1943 in the Friedenstein castle library (catalog 1943, p. 84); since then whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. IX, Nr. 19; Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. VIII, Nr. 19; Schneider 1868, VIII, Nr. 19; Katalog 1943, Bl. 84; Verlustdokumentation Neumeister
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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