Landscape in the Dutch East Indies (Java?), Maurits E.H.R. van den Kerkhoff, c. 1858 - c. 1908

Identification

Title(s)

Landscape in the Dutch East Indies (Java?)
Landschap in Nederlands-Indië

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4903

Description

Landschap in de voormalige kolonie Nederlands-Indië, met een boerenwoning in de nabijheid van een rivier. Links een os op pad bezaaid met stenen. Bij de voet van een palmboom staat een man. In de verte rijzen bergketens uit boven de bomen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Maurits E.H.R. van den Kerkhoff

Dating

c. 1858 - c. 1908

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 53.2 cm × width 48.2 cm × thickness 2.3 cm
depth 4.5 cm

Subject

What

landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions

Where

Dutch East Indies, The

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1994

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from Ms. H. ter Beek, The Hague, fl. 400, to the Stichting Cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders Overzee, 1974 (inv. no. 106);{Verslagen CNO 1974-75, p. 28, no. 106; note RMA.} from whom, fl. 100,000, with xx other objects en bloc, to the museum, 1994

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

Nederlandse schilders en tekenaars in de Oost, 17de-20ste eeuw, H. Bos, Cornelius Joannes de Bruyn Kops, Jeanne de Loos-Haaxman, Arthur François Emile van Schendel, J. Terwen-de Loos, p. 38
E.F. Key, 'Een tropisch landschap van M.E.H.R. van den Kerkhoff', Verslagen en aanwinsten 1976-1977, Stichting cultuurgeschiedenis van de Nederlanders overzee, p. 40-41.

Persistent URL

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