A Group of Gentlemen Drinking
attributed to Joseph van Aken (Antwerp c.1699 - London 1749)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1759
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
457 x 610 mm (18 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151347
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Group of Gentlemen Drinking, attributed to Joseph van Aken (Antwerp 1709 - London 1749) A scene on a terrace with four men seated, drinking at a circular table; a fifth is standing at right, taking the hand of a figure in an orange coat. All but one are wearing wigs; a greyhound sniffs the air.
Provenance
In inventory of the house of the late James Hutton in Park Lane 27/28 July 1770 as 'A Drinking Piece by Watteau'; in undated 19th century (circa 1820 at time of picture cleaning) Erddig inventory 'Drinking Piece - Watteau (scored through) Netcher'[sic] and thence by descent until given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Joseph van Aken (Antwerp c.1699 - London 1749) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jean-Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684 - Paris 1721), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639 – The Hague 1684), artist
References
Hutton 1770 Inventory of the late James Hutton's house in Park Lane, 27-28 July 1770 , "A Drinking Piece by Watteau"; Erddig 1800-29 Inventory of contents of Erddig, 1800-1829, "Drinking Piece - Watteau [scored through] Netcher"