Title

Johanna and the Jewish merchants, 1741. Creator: Cornelis Troost.

Caption

Johanna and the Jewish merchants, 1741. Alternative title: Act III, scene V from the comedy "De Spilpenning of de verkwistende vrouw" (The Spillpenning or the spendthrift woman) by Thomas Asselijn. Johanna's husband Gerardus and her father Augustijn have dressed up as Polish merchants (smousen) in order to trick her. The room is full of Chinese porcelain, statuettes and other curios. On the floor are shoes, a corset, and lengths of cloth. On the left a lemur plays with lace.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A72_102

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (3,4Mb) / 18,3in x 14,6in / 5498 x 4370 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe wealth animal female women woman people male interior job man men hat pet pets animals cat cats religious painting country religion money finance currency rich coin coins mammal window China Chinese trade guy occupation fur feline clothes museum Netherlands Dutch color primate pearl lemur lemurs dress Judaism Jewish ornament wealthy location century affluence material textiles gesturing coinage pearls disguise profession inside accounts fabric comedy ledger cloth ornaments clothing silk textile concept corset disguised accounting APPAREL hand gesture servant merchant merchants street vendor street seller felines hand Gestures oil Painting Colour fur hat Indoors 18th century Eighteenth Century servants chinoiserie Rijksmuseum street trader TGN Thomas Lemuroidea door-to-door salesman Painting Heritage Art Cornelis Troost Troost Cornelis Corneille Troost Corneille Trost Troost Corneille Trost Corneille Low Countries clothing & dress fashion & clothing oil paint on panel Thomas Asselijn Asselijn