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Cornelis Troost
'Erat sermo inter frates' (The Brothers Were Having a Conversation)
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Cornelis Troost
'Erat sermo inter frates' (The Brothers Were Having a Conversation)
1740
565 x 725 mm
Pastel and brush in gouache on paper
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Literature
Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot,
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 310-311
Literature
Pennen over penselen
, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 150-151
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Theodoor van Snakenburg, Leiden, 1739-1740
J. Tak, Zoeterwoude, 1781
J.A. Benner, Leiden, 1829
Mauritshuis, The Hague, purchased 1829
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Mauritshuis, The Hague
Accession number
187
Other works by Cornelis Troost
'Brechje in Love', Performed in the Garden of a Country House
1748
Allegory of the war with France
1747
'The bribe', from act II of the play 'Captain Ulrich or greed deceived' by Joan van Paffenrode
1745
'Crocodile tears', from act I of the play 'False virtue exposed' by David Lingelbach
1743
Pefroen and the Sheep's Head
1739