Workshop of Jacob Jordaens
(Antwerp 1593–1678)
A game of tric-trac in a brothel,
inscribed at upper margin: Le jeu, la femme, le vin friand, Fait l’ homme pauvre en riant,
oil on canvas, 133.5 x 191 cm, framed
Provenance:
Guillaume Koninckx Collection, Antwerp;
Sale Salle Verlat, Antwerp, 6/7 May 1901, lot 47;
Dr. Decapmaker Collection, Brussels; Collection of Mayor L. Delwaide, Antwerp;
Private collection, Belgium
Literature:
M. Rooses, Jacob Jordaens, Leven en Werken, Amsterdam/Antwerp, 1906, p. 294 (as Jacob Jordaens);
S. Speth-Holterhoff, Une heure chez le docteur Decapmaker, in: Apollo, Chronique des Beaux-Arts, November 1941, p. 17;
J. Florquin, Ten Huize Van, VIII, 1972, pp. 181–216
The present painting is a characteristically multi-figured composition by Jordaens. It exists in numerous versions executed by different hands, although most of these paintings have been attributed to Jordaens. Some of the figures depicted here can also be found in other paintings by Jordaens. The text inscribed at the upper margin translates as follows: ‘Gambling, women, and wine drive a man into poverty while he laughs.’ The painting thus contains a moral message, personified by gamblers and drunkards in objectionable female company.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
21.04.2015 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 112,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 90,000.- to EUR 120,000.-
Workshop of Jacob Jordaens
(Antwerp 1593–1678)
A game of tric-trac in a brothel,
inscribed at upper margin: Le jeu, la femme, le vin friand, Fait l’ homme pauvre en riant,
oil on canvas, 133.5 x 191 cm, framed
Provenance:
Guillaume Koninckx Collection, Antwerp;
Sale Salle Verlat, Antwerp, 6/7 May 1901, lot 47;
Dr. Decapmaker Collection, Brussels; Collection of Mayor L. Delwaide, Antwerp;
Private collection, Belgium
Literature:
M. Rooses, Jacob Jordaens, Leven en Werken, Amsterdam/Antwerp, 1906, p. 294 (as Jacob Jordaens);
S. Speth-Holterhoff, Une heure chez le docteur Decapmaker, in: Apollo, Chronique des Beaux-Arts, November 1941, p. 17;
J. Florquin, Ten Huize Van, VIII, 1972, pp. 181–216
The present painting is a characteristically multi-figured composition by Jordaens. It exists in numerous versions executed by different hands, although most of these paintings have been attributed to Jordaens. Some of the figures depicted here can also be found in other paintings by Jordaens. The text inscribed at the upper margin translates as follows: ‘Gambling, women, and wine drive a man into poverty while he laughs.’ The painting thus contains a moral message, personified by gamblers and drunkards in objectionable female company.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.04.2015 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 11.04. - 21.04.2015 |
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