Peasant Interior with Woman at a Well
- Date
- c.1642–43
- Material
- Oil on panel
- made in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- European Art to 1800
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm)
framed: 16 3/4 x 15 x 2 3/4 in. (42.5 x 38.1 x 7 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 93:1947
NOTES
The accomplished still life in the foreground is the true focus of this small composition. In the background, there are two peasant figures and a hungry cat perched on a wooden bench at right. The artist painted this picture relatively early in his career when he lived in Paris and favored compositions using close-up groupings of objects juxtaposed to figures set deep in the background. Willem Kalf went on to become one of the foremost still-life painters of the second half of the 17th century. He specialized in extravagant objects such as delicate transparent glassware, sumptuous fabrics, and imported Chinese porcelains. His interest in ceramics can be discerned in the large plate that lies atop two pewter platters on the floor.
Provenance
Chevalier de la Roque (Antoine de la Roque) (1672-1744), Paris, France [1]
Cardinal de Bernis Calvière (François-Joachim de Pierres) (1715- 1794) [2]
Comte de Bernis [3]
-1939
Comtesse de Béhague (Martine Marie Pol) (1869-1939)[4]
1939 -
Comte Hubert de Ganay, probably by inheritence from Comtesse de Béhague [5]
- 1947
Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, USA
1947 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Rosenberg & Stiebel [6]
Notes:
Nicolas Lancret, who painted on the surface of the painting at one point (now removed), was born in 1690 and died in 1743, though it is unclear whether the piece was ever in his ownership. Additionally it is unknown whether Chevalier de La Roque owned the piece before or after Lancret's additions.
[1] Invoice, see note [6] and letter from Perry T. Rathbone dated December 4, 1947 [SLAM document files]. Chevalier de la Roque is Antoine de la Roque, a military veteran turned editor of Mercure de France. He was an avid art collector of both old Dutch Masters and his french contemporaries as evidenced by the sale of a large part of his collection after his death in 1745 where pieces by Lancret and Kalf were sold [Grove Dictionary of Art].
[2] See note [1].
[3] See note [1]. probably by inheritence, Comte de Bernis was listed in the invoice and letter as an ex-constituent, though the exact connection between Comte de Bernis and Cardinal de Bernis Calvière has not been been determined.
[4] See note [1]
[5] According to Groves Dictionary of Art, Comte Hubert de Ganay was the nephew Comtess de Béhague and inherited a number of her works upon her death. It is likely that this piece was inherited in the same way as the other works.
[6] Invoice from Rosenberg & Stiebel dated January 22, 1947 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, dated February 6, 1947. Additionally, according to a note in the SLAM document files, at the time that this piece was purchased by Rosenberg and Stiebel it was a Lancret and it was Rosenberg and Stiebel that had the Lancret additions removed during a cleaning.
Cardinal de Bernis Calvière (François-Joachim de Pierres) (1715- 1794) [2]
Comte de Bernis [3]
-1939
Comtesse de Béhague (Martine Marie Pol) (1869-1939)[4]
1939 -
Comte Hubert de Ganay, probably by inheritence from Comtesse de Béhague [5]
- 1947
Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, USA
1947 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Rosenberg & Stiebel [6]
Notes:
Nicolas Lancret, who painted on the surface of the painting at one point (now removed), was born in 1690 and died in 1743, though it is unclear whether the piece was ever in his ownership. Additionally it is unknown whether Chevalier de La Roque owned the piece before or after Lancret's additions.
[1] Invoice, see note [6] and letter from Perry T. Rathbone dated December 4, 1947 [SLAM document files]. Chevalier de la Roque is Antoine de la Roque, a military veteran turned editor of Mercure de France. He was an avid art collector of both old Dutch Masters and his french contemporaries as evidenced by the sale of a large part of his collection after his death in 1745 where pieces by Lancret and Kalf were sold [Grove Dictionary of Art].
[2] See note [1].
[3] See note [1]. probably by inheritence, Comte de Bernis was listed in the invoice and letter as an ex-constituent, though the exact connection between Comte de Bernis and Cardinal de Bernis Calvière has not been been determined.
[4] See note [1]
[5] According to Groves Dictionary of Art, Comte Hubert de Ganay was the nephew Comtess de Béhague and inherited a number of her works upon her death. It is likely that this piece was inherited in the same way as the other works.
[6] Invoice from Rosenberg & Stiebel dated January 22, 1947 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, dated February 6, 1947. Additionally, according to a note in the SLAM document files, at the time that this piece was purchased by Rosenberg and Stiebel it was a Lancret and it was Rosenberg and Stiebel that had the Lancret additions removed during a cleaning.
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