Polar Bears

John Macallan Swan, 1870 - 1910

Studie met ijsberen in een poollandschap.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4680
  • Dimensionsheight 79.5 cm x width 17 cm x thickness 0 cm, depth 4.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Polar Bears

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4680

  • Description

    Studie met ijsberen in een poollandschap.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘JMSwan’


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: John Macallan Swan

  • Dating

    1870 - 1910

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • height 79.5 cm x width 17 cm x thickness 0 cm
    • depth 4.6 cm

This work is about

  • Subject


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1946

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 70 other paintings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 71 other paintings, to the museum, 1944

  • 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.


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