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Cornelis Troost
1697-1750
Scene from "Jan Claasz. of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd"
Pastel and opaque watercolor on vellum.
19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (495 x 375 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
1986.115
Notes:
Around 1736-8 Troost made about 38 representations of the play "Jan Claasz. of de gewaende dienstmaeght" ("Jan Claesz. or the Supposed Maid Servant"), written by Thomas Asselijn (1620-1701) half a century earlier, in the 1680s. The Morgan drawing is one of at least four illustrations of Act 3, Scene 6 of the play.
Provenance:
Acquired at sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 1 December 1986, lot 153, repr.
Associated names:
Asselijn, Thomas, 1620-1701. Jan Claasz, of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd.
Wrightsman, Jayne, donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 384.
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