Conviviality Near the Inn

early 1650s

Constantijn van Renesse

Associated Names
Constantijn van Renesse

Painter, Dutch, 1626 - 1680

This is a painting of an outdoor scene with numerous people engaged in various activities; some are sitting by low tables, some are dancing, and some are conversing. One person on the right stands on a surface and plays a stringed instrument like a fiddle or violin. The people wear clothes in earth shades of brown, tan, black, and dark red. The background includes a rustic building with a thatched roof, leafy green trees, and what may be a tall castle or church on the left. The cloudy sky above is in shades of gray.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gottfried von Preyer [1807-1901], Vienna, by 1895, as by Aert de Gelder;[1] William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, as Flemish School;[2] acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] According to Karl Lilienfeld, Arent de Gelder, sein Leben und Seine Kunst, The Hague, 1914: 183, no. 141.
[2] Dana H. Carroll, Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part 2. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 209, no. 282.

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Bibliography

1907

  • Sattler, M. "Renesse." In Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Edited by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. 37 vols. Leipzig, 1907-1950: 28(1934): 160, as Kirmes.

1924

  • Falck, Von G. "Über einige von Rembrandt übergangene Schülerzeichnungen." Jahrbuch der preuszischen Kunstsammlungen 45 (1924): 199-200, repro., as Kirmes.

1928

  • Holmes, William Henry. "Installation of the W. A. Clark Collection in the Corcoran Gallery of Art." Art and Archaeology: The Arts throughout the Ages 25, no. 4 (April 1928): 169.

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1928: 50.

1932

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 55.

1955

  • Breckenridge, James D. A handbook of Dutch and Flemish paintings in the William Andrews Clark collection. Washington, 1955: 38 repro., 39.

1986

  • Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Washington and Grand Rapids, 1986: 300.

1995

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1995: 307-308, repro.

1996

  • Broos, B. P. J. "Renesse, Constantijn (Daniel) van." In The Dictionary of Art. Edited by Jane Turner. 34 vols. New York, 1996: 26:195.

Wikidata ID

Q46624841

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