Portrait of Edwin vom Rath’s Pug

Conradijn Cunaeus, c. 1880 - c. 1895

After his parents died, the unmarried and childless Edwin vom Rath stayed on alone in the vast family house on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. His only company was his pug, here portrayed by the dog painter Conradijn Cunaeus. Vom Rath used the fortune his family had amassed in trading and processing cane sugar to buy art and to support a variety of cultural institutions.

  • Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
  • Object numberRP-T-1941-89
  • Dimensionsheight 296 mm x width 395 mm
  • Physical characteristicspotlood, penseel in kleuren in waterverf

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Edwin vom Rath’s Pug

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1941-89

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Conradijn Cunaeus

  • Dating

    c. 1880 - c. 1895

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    potlood, penseel in kleuren in waterverf

  • Dimensions

    height 296 mm x width 395 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1941

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by or for the family Vom Rath; their son, Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam; by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

  • 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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