Dutch Troops passing through the Fortress of Dendermonde, Petrus Groenia, c. 1820

Identification

Title(s)

Dutch Troops passing through the Fortress of Dendermonde

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4664

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘Petrus Groenia’

Description

Hollandse troepen trekken door de vestingstad Dendermonde. Rechts marcheren de soldaten over de Bogaerdbrug en gaan in de richting van de Veerstraat. Links de Scheldestraat (thans de Franz Courtensstraat) met de kade, waaraan een boot met een Hollandse vlag ligt gemeerd. Op de kade officieren te paard. Rechts een viertal huizen van de Kasteelstraat.

Creation

Artist

painter: Petrus Groenia

Dating

c. 1820

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 58 cm × width 74 cm
depth 8.5 cm

Subject

What

troop movements, transportation

When

1817 - 1828

Where

Dendermonde

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

E. Houtsma-Westenberg Bequest, Bunnik

Acquisition

bequest 1974

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Collection of the artist; ? his daughter, Geertruida Aleida Cunaeus, née Groenia (1806-87), The Hague; ? her son, Petrus Everhard Cunaeus (1827-1906), Leiden; ? his daughter, Everhardine Henriette Houtsma, née Cunaeus (1863-?); ? her stepson, Nicolaas Houtsma (1885-?), Bunnik; his widow, Emma Houtsma - Westenberg (1894-1974), Bunnik; by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1975

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

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 55
Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars 1750-1950, Pieter Arie Scheen, p. 404

Persistent URL

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