Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing, Willem Roelofs (I), 1850

Identification

Title(s)

Landscape with a Thunderstorm Brewing
Landscape with approaching Storm

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4868

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘W. Roelofs f. 1850’

Description

Heidelandschap bij naderend onweer, links een ruiter met zijn hond, rechts geboomte.

Creation

Artist

painter: Willem Roelofs (I)

Dating

1850

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 90.2 cm × width 139.8 cm
depth 12 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of S.H. Levie, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 1989

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, Joseph H. Lang et al.[section 'Order of the University Trustees of the William Rockhill Nelson trust, Kansas City Missouri'], New York (Christie’s), 24 May 1989, no. 402, $20,900, to Dr Simon Hijman Levie (1925-?), Amsterdam;{Loos 1989, p.321.} by whom donated to the museum, with support from his friends, 1989

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

1800-1900, p. 123, afb. 35A
Netherlandish art in the Rijksmuseum 1800-1900, Gijs van der Ham, p. 128, afb. 31a
Groots en meeslepend, Antoon 1954- Erftemeijer, p. 83, afb. 61
Spiegel van Holland: het mooiste van de Haagse School in het Rijksmuseum, Renske Suijver, p. 24-25, afb.
La escuela de La Haya, Renske Suijver, p. 76-77, afb
A reflection of Holland, Renske Suijver, p. 24-25, afb.
Het Romantiek boek, p. 292, met afb.
Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1800-1900, Gijs van der 1955- Ham, p. 128, afb. 31a
Meesters van de Romantiek, Ronald de 1948- Leeuw, p. 145, afb. 128, p. 314, cat.nr. 111
Poëzie der werkelijkheid: Nederlandse schilders van de negentiende eeuw, Marjan van Heteren, cat.nr. 52
Langs velden en wegen, Wiepke Loos, cat.nr. 57
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 78-79
Willem Roelofs' Landschap bij naderend onweer uit 1850, Wiepke Loos

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5270

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