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The Raree-show (’t Fraay Curieus)
The old Dutch title (in parentheses) refers to the cries ‘beautiful!’ (fraai) and ‘extraordinary!’ (curieus) with which itinerant performers announced themselves. Here a performer shows a wooden triptych with characters from a chivalric romance, while undoubtedly recounting the tale to those gathered around. Willem van Mieris was a ‘fine painter’, meaning that he rendered the scene in a highly det…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48C75411
- http://iconclass.org/46A152
- http://iconclass.org/41A2
- http://iconclass.org/43C743
- http://iconclass.org/34B131
- http://iconclass.org/25F6
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/48C75411
- http://iconclass.org/46A152
- http://iconclass.org/41A2
- http://iconclass.org/43C743
- http://iconclass.org/34B131
- http://iconclass.org/25F6
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1718
- 1718
Place-Time
- first quarter 18th century
Provenance
- Inv.; sale, Robert Hamilton(Norwood, Surrey), London (Christie's), 15 March 1832, no. 317, to Charles Heusch, London; his son, F. Heusch, London; from whom to Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808-1879); ? by descent through the family to Baron Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), Exbury, Hampshire; from whom to John Enrico Fattorini (1878-1949), Bradford, by 1944;…; collection Mrs J.E. Leacock, Amsterdam, before 1956;…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Christie's), 2 April 1976, no. 14;….; the Leger Galleries, London, 1977;…; private collection Engeland, 1989;…;{Provenance 1832-1998, reconstructed by Noortman 2007, cat. no. 11.} from the dealer Noortman, Maastricht, fl. 1,184.375, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Rijksmuseum Fonds, 1998
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.355871
- SK-A-4941
Extent
- height 58 cm
- width 49 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1718
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:46.153Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:12.738Z