‘CORN. TROOST. INV. – B. MARTINI. FECIT.’

– Interior scene with two men and two women seated around a table drinking, with a trio of musicians performing near a fireplace. One of the men is slouched over asleep. A goat-headed bust and portraits adorn the walls. Genre scene with satirical undertone.

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Description

Medium: Printdrawing: Etching and aquatint in brown on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 20.4 x 25.7 cm (8.03 x 10.12 inch). Image size: 19.8 x 22.7 cm. (7.8 x 8.94 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. Rear: remians of paper at corers from atttachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CORNELIS TROOST, BENJAMIN MARTINI, BROTHEL, DUTCH SATIRE, 18TH CENTURY, AQUATINT, ETCHING, DUTCH PLAY, LINGELBACH | PCO-EXPO-DUTCH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Part of the series “De Valse Schijndeugd Ontdekt”, (The false pretense discoverd) after a painting by Cornelis Troost. Scene from the 1687 play “De ontdekte schyndeugd” by David Lingelbach. Published in Amsterdam.

Reference: Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-23.140.

Biography engraver: Benjamin Martini was an 18th-century Dutch printmaker active in Amsterdam, known for his reproductive prints after genre painters such as Cornelis Troost. His technique often combined etching and aquatint in prenttekening style.

Biography artist: Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and actor, celebrated for his satirical and theatrical scenes of Dutch bourgeois life. Often compared to Hogarth, his work blends humor with social commentary.