Scene from "Love in a Village"
Date1767
Object PlaceEngland, British Isles, Europe
MediumOil on wood
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions50 × 40 inches (127 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
Object number47.398
DescriptionInterior scene with three men in eighteenth century dress and a dog. Two of the men stand in the center of the foreground debating. Third man stands to right and behind others. A dog lies behind the two men in the center. A yellow checked chair and a table with a red cover are along wall behind figures. A painting of the Judgement of Solomon hangs above table and chair. A coat hangs on wall at far left.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 2, A
ProvenanceDavid Garrick, 1767 (?);
Chipstead, Surrey, Great Britain, Collection John Acton Garle;
New York, Collection Scott and Fowles, 1947 (dealer)
Detroit, Collection Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
17th/18th Century
c. 1655
1510/1514
15th Century
1450/1455
15th/16th Century
17th Century