Artist: Cornelis Troost (Dutch, 1697-1750), genre painter in manner of Hogarth and mezzotint-engraver, after.
Engraver: Pieter Tanjé (Dutch, 1706-1761), reproductive engraver in Amsterdam.
Title: De Wiskonstenaars of het Gevluchte Juffertje/Les philosophes ou la fille échappée.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: C. Troost pinxit; P. Tanjé fecit. De Wiskonstenaars of het Gevluchte Juffertje/Les philosophes ou la fille échappée. "Opgedragen aan den Heere Jan Jacob de Bruyn, / Beminnaar der Schilderkonst; door zijn Ed. / D.W. Dienaar P. Fouquet Junior / het Origineel Schildery is berustende / in het Cabinet van de Heer de Bruyn" and "Te Amsteldam by P. Fouquet Junior" and "Dedié à Monsieur Jean Jacob de Bruyn, / Amateur de Peinture; par son / tres humble Serviteur P. Fouquet Junior / Le Tableau Original est au Cabinet de Monsieur de Bruyn" and "A Amsteldam chez P. Fouquet Junior".
Dimensions: Sheet 16" x 20 1/2" (trimmed).
Publisher: Pierre Fouquet Junior (Dutch, 1750-1800 (active c.), painting and print dealer in Amsterdam; occasionally published prints.
Date: 1757-1761 (c.) (c.)
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Partially laid down, numerous tears and losses of paper, dumpstains, wear. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: From a series of thirty-one unnumbered plates after Cornelis Troost.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1854,0614.335.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Dutch School XVIII C.
Notes:
- Two men argue in a room over the movements of the planets which they have laid out on the floor using plates of food; portraits of Copernicus and Ptolemy on the wall, coat of arms in lower margin.
- scene from the comedy 'De Wiskunstenaars of 't Gevluchte Juffertje'. Langendijk, Pieter. De wiskunstenaars, of 't Gevluchte juffertje, kluchtspél. Amsterdam: Jacob Lescaille (erven) en Dirk Rank, 1715.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.