Het St Nicolaas Feest La Fête de St Nicolás. Dedié a Monsieur Dionis Mussman, conseiller de la ville d Amsteldam.
By Houbraken, J[acobus] after C[ornelis] Troost. Life in 18th century Amsterdam portrayed by the Dutch Hogarth
Houbraken, J[acobus] after C[ornelis] Troost. Het St Nicolaas Feest La Fête de St Nicolás. Dedié a Monsieur Dionis Mussman, conseiller de la ville d Amsteldam. Amsterdam, P.Fouquet junior, 1761. Copper engraving. Overall size : 38.4 x 44.5 cm. Engraved dedicatee s arms in centre of otherwise blank lower margin. Proof copy in its first state before lettering. A festive scene of a family celebrating Santa Claus Day round a table graced with a large silver coffee urn with porcelain cups, status symbols of the wealthy burgher. The father, dressed in an informal house robe sits at the table near a warming fire place, watching his children play. His wife is standing beside him with the youngest child in her arms which is holding a toy. A daughter next to her is showing her doll, a brother is eating sweetmeats on the floor, whilst a weeping older boy is being punished with a rod by the maid who has taken away his toy. The evocative scene was engraved by the portraitist Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), after a painting by Cornelis Troost (1697-1750) in the collection of the Amsterdam town councillor Dionis Mussman. Troost specialized in genre scenes and was known as the Dutch Hogarth .See the reference to this print in Pim Reinders & Thera Wijsenbeek, Koffie in Nederland. Vier eeuwen cultuurgeschiedenis. Zutphen & Delft, 1994, pp117 (Reproduction) & 118.
Published by: Amsterdam, P.Fouquet junior, 1761
Vendor: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB
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By Houbraken, J[acobus] after C[ornelis] Troost. Life in 18th century Amsterdam portrayed by the Dutch Hogarth
Houbraken, J[acobus] after C[ornelis] Troost. Het St Nicolaas Feest La Fête de St Nicolás. Dedié a Monsieur Dionis Mussman, conseiller de la ville d Amsteldam. Amsterdam, P.Fouquet junior, 1761. Copper engraving. Overall size : 38.4 x 44.5 cm. Engraved dedicatee s arms in centre of otherwise blank lower margin. Proof copy in its first state before lettering. A festive scene of a family celebrating Santa Claus Day round a table graced with a large silver coffee urn with porcelain cups, status symbols of the wealthy burgher. The father, dressed in an informal house robe sits at the table near a warming fire place, watching his children play. His wife is standing beside him with the youngest child in her arms which is holding a toy. A daughter next to her is showing her doll, a brother is eating sweetmeats on the floor, whilst a weeping older boy is being punished with a rod by the maid who has taken away his toy. The evocative scene was engraved by the portraitist Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780), after a painting by Cornelis Troost (1697-1750) in the collection of the Amsterdam town councillor Dionis Mussman. Troost specialized in genre scenes and was known as the Dutch Hogarth .See the reference to this print in Pim Reinders & Thera Wijsenbeek, Koffie in Nederland. Vier eeuwen cultuurgeschiedenis. Zutphen & Delft, 1994, pp117 (Reproduction) & 118.
Published by: Amsterdam, P.Fouquet junior, 1761
Vendor: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB
