Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672, Johannes van Wijckersloot, 1672

Identification

Title(s)

Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672
Allegorie op de Franse invasie in de Nederlanden in 1672

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4910

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘J. Wijckersloot A 1672’

Description

Allegorie op de Franse invasie in de Nederlanden in het Rampjaar 1672. Een lachende jonge man toont een zittende man met muts een blad papier of prent met een voorstelling van de kraaiende Franse haan boven de Hollandse Tuin waarin de Nederlandse leeuw verslagen ligt, het zwaard gebroken, de pijlen verstrooid en het hek platgetrapt. Onderaan het blad een muziekbalk.

Creation

Artist

painter: Johannes van Wijckersloot

Dating

1672

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 43 cm × width 37.5 cm
depth 8.5 cm

Subject

What

When

1672 - 1672

Where

Low Countries

Who

William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

Acquisition

purchase 1995

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; private collection, France;{Bok/Jansen 1995, p. 339.} sale Genin, Griffe, Le Seuil, Lyon (Hôtel des Ventes des Tuiliers), 24 October 1984, to the dealer Patrick Weiller, Paris;{Note RMA; Bok/Jansen 1995, p. 339; the sale catalogue has not been located.} anonymous sale, Monaco (Sotheby’s), 21 June 1986 sqq., no. 35, frs. 488,400, to the dealer K. & V. Waterman, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} from whom fl. 376,000, to Joost R. Ritman, 1986-1995;{Verslagen 1995, p. 15; file RMA, letter from Dr. J. P. Filedt Kok to the board of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, 21 June 1995.}; from whom to the dealer R. Noortman and Sotheby’s, Maastricht;{Note RMA.} from whom fl. 273,573, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1995

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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Documentation

Op de zeef van de tijd, Nelleke Noordervliet
Glorieuze revolutie, R. Bastiaanse, p. 108, cat.nr. 98
De Utrechtse schilder Johannes van Wijckersloot en zijn 'Allegorie' op de Franse invasie, 1672, Marten Jan 1958- Bok
'De aanwinst', Rijksmuseum Nieuws 4 (1995) nr. 9.
Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

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