An Italianate Landscape with an Unidentified Subject from the Old Testament, Cornelis van Poelenburch, c. 1620 - c. 1627

Identification

Title(s)

An Italianate Landscape with an Unidentified Subject from the Old Testament

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4825

Inscriptions / marks

signature, lower left, on a rock, with monogram: ‘C·P·F’

Description

Italianiserend landschap met een oudtestamentisch onderwerp. Weids landschap met hier en daar heuvels met bouwwerken en met links en rechts herders met vee. In het midden staan drie hoofdfiguren voor een kudde schapen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Cornelis van Poelenburch (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1620 - c. 1627

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on copper

Material

Measurements

support: height 22 cm × width 33.4 cm
outer size: depth 3 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1983

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, Marguerite Helen, Countess Nelson, née O’Sullivan (?-1969), London (Sotheby’s), 30 April 1958, no. 61, as _Joseph Relating his Dreams to the Shepherds_, £ 60, to Thornton;...; anonymous sale (†), London (Phillips), 10 May 1983, no. 67, as _The Young David Meeting with Isaiah and Saul_, £ 6,500, to S. Nystad Oude Kunst, The Hague; from whom, fl. 125,000, to the museum, 1983

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.

Documentation

Rembrandt in perspectief : de veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk, p. 301, afb. 10.19
Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 314
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 74
Cornelis van Poelenburch (ca. 1593-1667), Nicolette Cathérine Sluijter-Seijffert, cat.nr. 53
Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 89, afb. 5

Persistent URL

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