Distant View of the Meadows at ’s-Graveland

Pieter Gerardus van Os (mentioned on object), 1817

At the time that Van Os made this painting and the one of the ’s-Graveland canal, not everyone was enthusiastic about such unadorned landscapes with their surprising perspectives. One critic even faulted Van Os for not rendering nature more beautifully. Now they are considered masterpieces of early 19th-century Dutch painting, precisely because of their modern and original vision of the landscape of Holland.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3229
  • Dimensionsheight 111 cm x width 89.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Distant View of the Meadows at ’s-Graveland

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3229

  • Description

    Vergezicht over de weilanden bij 's-Graveland. Op de voorgrond een veedrijver met een kudde koeien bij de waterkant. Daarachter strekken de weilanden met hier en daar vee of een huis zich uit naar de horizon. Pendant van SK-A-3230.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘PP van Os f 1817’


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Pieter Gerardus van Os (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    1817

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 111 cm x width 89.5 cm


Explanatory note

  • Op de voorgrond loopt de 's-Gravelandse vaart. De weilanden zijn tegenwoordig verdwenen. Hier ligt nu Kortenhoef. Rechts tegen de horizon is nog juist het Horstermeer te zien. De bosschages aan de horizon in het midden van het schilderij vormen de bebouwing en de beplanting langs de Vecht.


This work is about

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of F.G. Waller, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    gift 1934-06

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by or for Herman Waller (1749-1820), Amsterdam, 1817;{Heijbroek 1984, p. 130.} by descent to his great-grandson, François Gerárd Waller (1867-1934), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the museum, with one other painting, 1934

  • Remarks

    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

    • A. van Klaveren, Pieter Gerardus van Os 1776-1839 : Voornaam konstschilder, Heerlen 1999 (ongepubliceerde doctoraalscriptie Open Universiteit).
    • H.C. de Bruijn, De kunstschilder P.G. van Os (1776-1839) en het beleg van Naarden in de winter 1813-1814, Lochem 1976

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