Panoramic View of a River with Low-lying Meadows, Jan van Goyen, in or after 1644

Identification

Title(s)

Panoramic View of a River with Low-lying Meadows
Panoramic View of a River with Low-Lying Meadows

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2133

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower left (falsely?): ‘VG 1641’

Description

Vergezicht over de uiterwaarden van een rivier. In de verte de rivier met enkele boten. Links op de voorgrond een heuveltje waar enkele personen op staan.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan van Goyen (mentioned on object)

Dating

in or after 1644

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 31.3 cm × width 44.6 cm
outer size: depth 4.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

river (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1903

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; ? sale, Robert P. Roupell (†) et al. [section Robert P. Roupell], London (Christie et al.), 25 June 1887, no. 21 (‘A Landscape, with a cottage and peasants in the foreground, boats on a river, and a windmill in the distance. Signed, and dated 1641.12 3/4 in. x 17 1/2 in.’ [32.5 x 44.5 cm.]), £ 57 15s to Colnaghi;{Copy RKD.}...; purchased by the Fürst von Liechtenstein, Vienna, from the dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1890;{Beck II, 1973, p. 437.} given in exchange to the dealer H.O. Miethke, Vienna, 1894;{Beck II, 1973, p. 437.}...; from T. Humphry Ward (1845-1926), London, fl. 4,820, to the museum, through the mediation of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1903

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Die holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Laurens Johannes Bol, p. 119-132, afb. 128
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 160, 161
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 246

Persistent URL

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