Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness, Francesco Cozza, 1665

Identification

Title(s)

Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4035

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Fran.cus Cozza Pin.t 1665.’

Description

Hagar en Ismaël in de woestijn. Een engel wijst Hagar, links met waterkruik in de hand, op de bron. Rechtsonder ligt Ismaël tegen een rots te slapen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Francesco Cozza

Dating

1665

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 72 cm × width 97 cm
depth 8.5 cm

Subject

What

an angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Acquisition

purchase 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Antoon van Welie (1866-1956), The Hague, 1937;{Note RMA.}…; sale, The Dowager Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery et al. [section ‘Various Properties’], London (Sotheby’s), 20 July 1960, no. 114, as Cortona, £ 240, to Cramer;{Copy RKD.} from whom, fl. 11,000, to the museum, with support from the Commissie tot Verkoop van Fotografieën, 1960

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

Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections, Bernard Jan Hendrik Aikema, Ewoud Mijnlieff, Mandy Sikkens, Gert Jan van der Sman, Bert Treffers
Francesco Cozza : l'uomo, il pittore, Francesco Sorgiovanni, p. 132
Van Titiaan tot Tiepolo : Italiaanse schilderkunst in Nederlands bezit, Bert Treffers, cat.nr. 61
Andrea Locatelli e il paesaggio romano del settecento, Andrea Busiri Vici, Stella Rudolph, p. 89, 260
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 179-180
Il classicismo, Renato Roli, afb. 5
Art and architecture in Italy 1600 to 1750, Rudolf Wittkower, p. 213, 218, 219, 400
Die Malerei des Barock in Rom, Hermann Voss, p. 513-515
De betekenis van Francesco Cozza's Hagar en Ismaël, Johannes Offerhaus
Aanwinsten : 1 juni 1960 - 31 december 1960
C. Whitfield, Artist of Arcadia, Apollo CLXII (2005), p. 45-51
Art Newspaper, 2002-10, p. 5
E. Schleier, Inediti di Francesco Cozza, Arte Illustrata 43/44, IV (1971), p. 7, afb. 17 (afgebeeld zijn ook de exemplaren in het museum in Kopenhagen en in de verzameling Brinsley Ford, 14 Wyndham Place, Montpellier Square, Londen)
J. Offerhaus, Openbaar Kunstbezit XIII (1969), p. 36
L. Mortari, Un paesaggio di Francesco Cozza con 'Agar e Ismaele', Arte Antica e Moderna (1961), p. 374 (waarin o.a. een tot nu toe anonieme tekening in Rome als mogelijke voorstudie voor dit schilderij wordt gepubliceerd)
Schilderij naar Francesco Cozza van Hagar en Ismaël in de woestijn in privé collectie, Amsterdam
Restauratierapport 1997
Documentatiemap SK

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