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Musical Company
This curious painting refuses to divulge its secrets. The image can be interpreted as an admonition to praise God with singing and music-making, but also as a risqué scene of seduction. The young woman’s gaudy garments and red shoes are in questionable taste, and the old woman looks suspiciously like a procuress. Perhaps the painting contains a warning against immoral conduct.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1626
- 1626
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Provenance
- ...; ? sale, William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (1788-1857, Wanstead House, Essex), 4th Earl of Mornington, London (John Robins), 10 (20) June 1822 sqq., no. 205 ('A Musical Party, painted with his usual powerful effect of chiaro scuro'.), £ 9.9, to Chatfield; ...; ? private collection, Edinburgh, c. 1823-25;{According to a label on the reverse of the panel, the painting was cleaned by Chalmers & son Picture Cleaner, located at nos. 118 and 153 High Street in Edinburgh. Chalmers & son had these addresses from 1823-25; see http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index/carson-clark.} ...; sale, Frank Cripps et al. [anonymous section], London (Christie's), 16 November 1936, no. 155, 2,205 gns, to the dealer Edward Speelman; ...; dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz, Dieren, 1937, 1938;{Dealer cat. Katz 1937, p. 21, no. 70; Dealer cat. Katz 1938, p. 22, no. 86.} dealer The Schaeffer Galleries (Benjamin and Nathan Katz's American agent), New York, 1937, 1938;{Dealer cat. The Schaeffer Galleries 1937, unpag., no. 1; according to a printed invitation for the opening preserved at the GRI (Schaeffer Galleries records, 1925-1985, acc. no. 910148), the painting was exhibited by The Schaeffer Galleries, New York, at the Los Angeles Museum from 5 April to 1 May 1938. Also exhibited at the Tulsa Art Association, Tulsa Oklahoma, 1938; FLNY Photo Archive, acc. no. Rembrandt 320-23a.} purchased from the dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz by the dealer Alois Miedl, 2 August 1940;{Muller/Schretlin 2002, p. 73.} from whom, fl. 85,000, to Maria Almas-Dietrich for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz (inv. no. 1042);{Schwarz 2004, p. 102, no. II/37.} war recuperation, SNK, 4 December 1945;{Schwarz 2004, p. 102, no. II/37. The Munich Central Collecting Point number 1405 is recorded in black ink on the reverse of the panel.} unjustly returned to the dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz, 1947;{Muller/Schretlin 2002, p. 73.} sale, Nathan Katz (Basel), Paris (Charpentier), 1 April 1951, no. 59, frs. 7,800,000, to Marcelle Bousaci; ...; from Art Gallery A.G., Zug, Switzerland, fl. 648,000, to the museum, as a gift from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1976
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5224
- SK-A-4674
Extent
- height 63.5 cm
- width 48 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1626
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:29.096Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:08.966Z