The Herepad in the Haagse Bos, Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1778

Identification

Title(s)

The Herepad in the Haagse Bos
The Scheveningen Woods near The Hague

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3959

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Paulus Constantijn la Fargue pinx. 1778’

Description

Het Herepad in het Haagse Bos. Parklandschap met wandelaars op paden tussen rijen bomen. Rechts een bord met verordeningen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue (signed by artist)

Place

The Hague

Dating

1778

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 23 cm × width 34 cm

Subject

What

wood and park (as places of recreation)

Where

Haagse Bos

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1959

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; anonymous sale, Vienna (Dorotheum), 12 March 1959 sqq., no. 68, ATS 5,000;{Copy RKD.}…; from the Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, ATS 12,500, to the museum, 1959

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1700-1800, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 174-175, cat.nr. 77
Het galante tijdperk: schilderijen uit de collectie van het Rijksmuseum, 1700-1800, Wiepke Loos, cat.nr. 29
Haagse stadsgezichten 1550-1800: topografische schilderijen van het Haags Historisch Museum, Charles Dumas
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 332
Aanwinsten
P. Taylor, Flatness in Dutch Art: Theory and Practice, in: Oud Holland 121 (2008) nr. 2/3, p. 174

Persistent URL

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