Fine Art

Johanna and the Jewish Merchants — History & Facts

Troost depicted a scene from the popular farce The Spendthrift or the Wasteful Woman. The central character, Johanna, wastes her new expensive finery on two Polish-Jewish traders, portrayed in a stereotypical manner. In reality, they are Johanna’s father and husband, who have disguised themselves in order to expose her.

Perched on the chair at the left, amidst a variety of Chinese valuables, is a ring-tailed lemur from Madagascar.

More Artworks by Cornelis Troost

Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, oil painting by Cornelis Troost

Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729

Cornelis Troost

Portrait of figures in rich garments, oil on canvas by Cornelis Troost

Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729

Cornelis Troost

Gezicht op een buitenplaats met vier kolfspelers, oil on canvas by Cornelis Troost

Gezicht op een buitenplaats met vier kolfspelers

Cornelis Troost

Self-portrait by Cornelis Troost, oil on canvas, featuring a man in a jabot and a mirror.

Self-portrait

Cornelis Troost

Genre scene depicting Joost and Lucia, oil on panel by Cornelis Troost

"Unseemly Love, perhaps a scene of the Widower Joost with Lucia, 2nd scene from the play ""De wanhebbelijke liefde"" by CJ van der Lijn "

Cornelis Troost

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden by Cornelis Troost, oil painting depicting a couple by a canal.

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden

Cornelis Troost

Portrait of a young gentleman by Cornelis Troost, oil on panel.

Portrait of a Member of the Van der Mersch Family

Cornelis Troost

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden, oil on canvas by Cornelis Troost

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden

Cornelis Troost

Portrait of a gentleman in an interior, paper by Cornelis Troost

Carel Bouman (1673-1747). Tabaksfactor te Amsterdam en dichter

Cornelis Troost

Figurative oil painting by Cornelis Troost depicting a cloaked figure in shadows

Suijpe Steijn

Cornelis Troost

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More Genre Scene Art

A group of Haarlem officers in colorful sashes gathers around a banquet table set with glassware, plates, and a large pie, with a patterned banner behind them.

Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard

Frans Hals

A man in a feathered hat smiles and raises a glass while holding a woman on his lap, both dressed in elaborate 17th-century clothing with a table of objects nearby.

Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn

A lively outdoor scene shows couples dancing and groups seated at tables under trees, with figures in flowing dresses and straw hats.

Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A dancer in a vivid green dress stands with hands on hips facing forward, surrounded by figures in brown, black, and pink clothing with a balcony and loosely sketched background.

Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Burial at Ornans

A Burial at Ornans

Gustave Courbet

Two Tahitian women sit against a yellow and blue background; one wears a pale green wrap and red skirt, the other a pink dress with white trim and necklace.

When Will You Marry?

Paul Gauguin

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