Adriaen van de Venne (Delft 1589-1662 The Hague)

'Dartel arm': A man and a female fighting with other figures watching

Details

Adriaen van de Venne (Delft 1589-1662 The Hague)
'Dartel arm': A man and a female fighting with other figures watching
oil on panel
51 x 36.7 cm.
inscribed with title (lower left)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 20 June 1928, lot 52.

Literature

A. Plokker, Adriaen Pietsz. van de Venne (1589-1662) de grisailles
met spreukbanden, Leuven, 1984, p. 81, no. 25, together with the
pendant.

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Lot Essay

The pendant to the present painting, A dancing couple with a flute player and other figures making merry (present location unknown, formerly offered with Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 14 November 2006, lot 80), is also inscribed with the text Dartel Arm, which is a wordplay. The word dartel can mean 'jumping' as well as 'foolish', and thus can be applied in different scenes, as is done in this picture and its pendant.

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