Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water), Odilon Redon, 1900 - 1905

Identification

Title(s)

Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water)
Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4840

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘Odilon Redon’

Description

Voorstelling getiteld 'Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux'. Ophelia drijvend met gesloten ogen tussen bloemen in het water, geïnspireerd op Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

Creation

Artist

painter: Odilon Redon (signed by artist)

Place

France

Dating

1900 - 1905

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 54.5 cm × width 49.5 cm
depth 2.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Ministerie van WVC

Acquisition

purchase 1986

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

… ; collection Andries Bonger (1861-1936), Amsterdam, after 1892;{Verslagen 1986, p. 16.; Note RKD.} ? his widow, barones Françoise Wilhelmina Maria van der Borch van Verwolde (1887-1975); her nephew, Mr Samuel Crommelin;{Note RMA.} purchased from his heirs, Laren, by the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur, 1986

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

Odilon Redon, Raphaël Bouvier, p. 133
Odilon Redon (1840-1916) : salas de exposiciones Recoletos, 11 febrero-29 abril 2012, Fundación MAPFRE, Odilon Redon, p. 300-301, cat.nr. 116
The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, cat.nr. 870
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 76
Odilon Redon 1840-1916, Gilberte Martin-Méry, cat.nr. 143
André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden : Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, cat.nr. 19

Persistent URL

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