Gallant Company
Two gentlemen enter the room, one holding a partridge, the other a hare. Yet given their spotless, elegant clothing, they cannot have just returned from the hunt. The double meaning of the depiction would have been obvious to 17th-century viewers: the Dutch expressions for ‘hunting hare’ and ‘birding’ could be used vulgarly to mean ‘making love’. The men are thus hunting for love.
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Gallant Company
Two gentlemen enter the room, one holding a partridge, the other a hare. Yet given their spotless, elegant clothing, they cannot have just returned from the hunt. The double meaning of the depiction would have been obvious to 17th-century viewers: the Dutch expressions for ‘hunting hare’ and ‘birding’ could be used vulgarly to mean ‘making love’. The men are thus hunting for love.
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Aankoop met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt en de Rijksmuseum-Stichting
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Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
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description
Twee heren komen een kamer in, ...... nnen zijn dus op liefdesjacht.
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Two gentlemen enter the room, ...... men are thus hunting for love.
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Rijksmuseum
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title
Galant gezelschap
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Gallant Company
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created
1633
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1633
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extent
buitenmaat diepte 6,7 cm
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depth 6.7 cm
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drager breedte 68,4 cm
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drager hoogte 54,2 cm
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support height 54.2 cm
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support width 68.4 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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provenance
…; collection Van Essen, Vik, ...... he Rijksmuseum-Stichting, 1986
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temporal
second quarter 17th century
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tweede kwart 17e eeuw
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