Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) The bribe signed and dated `C Troost 1736` (lower right); annotated `Hopman/Ulrich` (centre right) watercolour on paper, 39x30,5 cm Literature: -J.W. Niemeyer, ‘Cornelis Troost 1696-1750’, Assen 1973, p. 251. Provenance: -Collection D. Muilman; His auction, Jan de Bosch, Amsterdam, 29 March 1773, lot G 497 (sold for: 66 Dfl.), where acquired by De Winter. -Collection Isendoorn à Blois; His auction, Roos [?], Amsterdam, 19 August 1879, lot 169 (sold for: 33 Dfl.), where acquired by Dirksen. -Collection J.H. Cremer a.o.; Auction, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 15 June 1886, lot 323 (sold for: 59 Dfl.), where acquired by Habich. -Collection Edward Habich; His auction, H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27 May 1899, lot 666. -Collection H. M. Montauban van Swijndregt a.o.; Auction, R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam 5 May 1906, lot 198 (sold for: 110 Dfl.). -Collection Graafland a.o.; Auction, J. Schulman, The Hague, 27 October 1906, lot 1220. The present lot depicts the `bribe scene` out of `Hopman Ulrich of de bedrogen gierigheid` by Johan van Paffenrode (1661). Please compare to a similar work by the artist in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, inv. no. SK-A-1708.