Allegory on the flourishing of the Dutch Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67), Willem Eversdijck (attributed to), 1667 - 1671

Identification

Title(s)

Allegory on the flourishing of the Dutch Fishery after the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3829

Description

Allegorie op de bloei van de Nederlandse visserij na de Tweede Engelse Zeeoorlog (1665-67). Groepsportret van Nederlandse admiraals staande aan de oever van de zee. Enkelen halen een net met vis binnen. Rechts enkele jagers met honden bij een grotto-achtige fontein met een standbeeld van Neptunus en zeepaarden. Voorgesteld zijn: David Vlugh (?), Aert van Nes (?), Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Isaac Sweers, Adriaen Banckert, Engel de Ruyter, Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Pieter Florisz (?), Cornelis Tromp (?), Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge, Jan Cornelisz Meppel, Aucke Stellingwerff, Egbert M. Cortenaer (?), Johan Evertsen de Oude, Pieter de Bitter en Jacob Binckes (?).

Creation

Artist

painter: Willem Eversdijck (attributed to)

Dating

1667 - 1671

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 114 cm × width 162 cm
depth 5 cm

Subject

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1950

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? collection Jonkheer Johan Cornelis de Jonge (1793-1853), The Hague;{Van Luttervelt 1957, pp. 62-63.} ? his son, Jan Karel Jacob de Jonge (1828-1880), The Hague;{Van Luttervelt 1957, pp. 62-63.} ? his wife, Jonkvrouw Elizabeth Adriana de Jonge, née De Kock (1845-1932), The Hague and Lausanne;{Van Luttervelt 1957, pp. 62-63.} …; ? private collection, Switzerland, as Hendrick Berckman, Admiral Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter im Kreise seiner Flottenschefs und Offiziere, by 1945;{Basel 1945, p. 5, no. 6; According to Van Luttervelt 1957, p. 63 the painting was then already with the dealer Nathan Katz in Basel.} …; sale, dealer Nathan Katz (1893-1949, Basel), Paris (M. Rheims, Galerie Charpentier), 7 December 1950, no. 3, as Hendrick Berckman, L’Admiral de Ruyter assistant à une cérémonie, frs. 150,000, to the museum

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

De wereld van Michiel de Ruyter : de trots van Zeeland, Veronica Frenks, p. 34
Zeeslagen en zeehelden in de Gouden Eeuw, afb. 35
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 223
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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