“On your health!” The Reveler by Isaac Koedijck from the Hermitage collection

Abstract

The painting “The Reveler” by Isaac Koedijck (1617–1666) in the Hermitage collection is the only work of this fijnschilder located in Russia (Inv. GE-1862). However, the history of several of his pictures in the 18–19 centuries were associated with Russian collections. “The Reveler”, dated 1650, was created shortly before the Dutch master left for Batavia (1651). The composition presents a man sitting in the interior with a glass in his hand, whose gaze and toasting gesture are directed at the viewer. Nearby on the table some objects form a still life, which is dominated by a luxurious silver cup stand – bekerschroef – with a roemer. The cup stand in auricular style, decorated with the figure of the child Bacchus sitting on a barrel with a glass and a bunch of grapes in hands, rests on a base with three dolphins heads. The figurative motif repeats almost in detail the silver and partially gilded bekerschroef created in 1642 by the Hague master Andries Grill (1604–1665) (Kunst Museum, Den Haag, inv. 0153887). Most likely, Koedijck included this expensive item to give his composition a more representative character. No status symbol like this has been found in any other work by this artist. Perhaps the cup stand was in the possession of the person who commissioned the painting. It is no coincidence that it is depicted next to the central character raising a glass: on your health!

Keywords

Isaac Koedijck Leiden; genre painting; didactic implications; hotel; still life; piece of jewelry; bekerschroef;

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