Company in a Garden

Barend Graat (mentioned on object), 1661

An elegant young couple set foot in the garden of a grand country house. The stiffly corseted woman is draped in costly jewels, and the man too is sumptuously attired; he sports a fashionable garter on his right leg. The identity of this amorous pair holding hands is not known.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3932
  • Dimensionsheight 85 cm x width 75.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Company in a Garden

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3932

  • Description

    Een gezelschap in de tuin van een statig huis. Links staat een jong elegant paar, hand in hand. Rechts twee zittende heren aan een tafel en een jongere man die voorover buigt. Links de ingang naar een kelder waar houten vaten zijn opgeborgen. Op de tuinmuur (of onderdeel van een fontein erachter) een standbeeld van een naakte vrouw die water uitgiet. Op de voorgrond twee getrimde hondjes.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘B. Graat f 1661’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Barend Graat (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    1661

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 85 cm x width 75.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    • purchase 1958
    • purchase 2017-07-05
    • interne vervaardiging 1958
    • interne vervaardiging 2017-07-05

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.; collection Count Karol Lanckoroński (1848-1933), Vienna, by 1921;{Note RMA; Thieme/Becker XIV, 1921, p. 467.} his children, Antoni Lanckoroński (1893-1965), Karolina Lanckoroński (1898-2002) and Adelajda Lanckoroński (1903-1980);{Skubiszewska/Kuczman 2010, p. 22.} from whom confiscated by the Nazi's for Adolph Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1939;{Winiewica-Wolska 2003, Aneks 3, pp. 42-3.} war recuperation, Austrian Government, depot St Marx, Vienna, 1946;{Kommission für Provenienzforschung, Bundesdenkmalamt, Hofburg, Vienna, BDA-Archive, Restitutionsmaterialien, Karton 7/1, Map 9, p. 1, no. 266/3015.} restituted to the children of Count Karol Lanckoroński, 1947;{Kommission für Provenienzforschung, Bundesdenkmalamt, Hofburg, Vienna, BDA-Archive, Restitutionsmaterialien, Karton 7/1, Map 9, annotated.} mentioned in the collection Lanckoroński, Vienna, 1950, ? ca. 1958;{Kommission für Provenienzforschung, Bundesdenkmalamt, Hofburg, Vienna, BDA-Archiv, Restitutionsmaterialien, Karton 26/1, Mappe Reservatsakten I, p. 3; Vienna, [undated], p. 20, no. L698, annotated by the RKD: "alles met NA is besteld en gekomen 1959/60".}…; from the dealer T. Agnew & Sons, London, £ 4,300, to the museum, 1958

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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