Elegant Company in an Interior
Artist
Antonie Palamedesz
(Dutch, 1601-1673)
CultureDutch
Date1673
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 x 42 in. (74.9 x 106.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 39 x 51 5/8 in. (99.1 x 131.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 39 x 51 5/8 in. (99.1 x 131.1 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated: "A De Palamedes Pinxil 1673"
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number63.15.1
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting. This is an interior scene of a room with eleven people, and one extra as a reflection. The background wall is blue brocaded leather. There is a curtained bed at right with one curtain pulled open. The painting on the back wall is of Venus and Cupid. The figures are arranged in groups throughout the room, though the majority of the party-goers seem to be on the left side of the canvas. One man stands alone, intent on a long-distance pouring of wine into his glass. Their clothes are fashionable 17th century Dutch costume. Two dogs in the foreground fight over a bone. One lady standing in the foreground, dressed in black with white cuffed sleeves, primps in front of the mirror. A plump man seated in the left foreground peers out at the viewer.Provenance1937 - collection Nathan Katz, Dieren, Holland; ? - collection Dr. C.J.K. Van Aalst, Huis-te-Hoevelaken, Holland; April 1, 1960 - Van Aalst estate sale, sold by order of his son Dr. N.J. Van Aalst, Christie's, London (no. 33, sold to Frost and Reed for 550£); By 1963 - Vose Galleries, Boston, Ma.; 1963 - Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences purchase from Vose Galleries. Exhibition History"Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published References"Expanded Dutch Collections on View," _Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_ 5, no. 8 (August 1976): cover illustration. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_, (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 40. Jefferson C. Harrison, "The Seventeenth Century in the North," _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum, 1983), no. 6. Peter C. Sutton, _Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting_, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pa., 1984, 293, no. 6. Peter C. Sutton, edited by Jane Turner, "Palamedesz., Anthonie," _The Dictionary of Art_ 23 (Willard, Oh.: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1996), 831-832.
