Recto: Dovecote between Trees / Verso: Sketch of a House

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1965-184(R)
  • Dimensionsheight 277 mm x width 224 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack and white chalk, on blue paper; verso: black chalk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Recto: Dovecote between Trees / Verso: Sketch of a House

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1965-184(R)

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Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): anonymous
    • draftsman (artist): Cornelis Saftleven [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    1620 - 1699

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black and white chalk, on blue paper; verso: black chalk

  • Dimensions

    height 277 mm x width 224 mm


This work is about

  • Subject


Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1964

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Jan Frederik Bianchi (1878-1963, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (Paul Brandt), 23 November 1964 _sqq_., no. 690, as Antonie van Waterloo, with five other Dutch school drawings, fl. 410, for all, to the museum (L. 2228)

  • 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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Recto: Dovecote between Trees / Verso: Sketch of a House

1620 - 1699

Inscriptions

  • inscribed: lower left, in pencil, illegible monogram; upper right, in brown ink, 150 (?)

  • inscribed on verso: lower left, in pencil, 4; below that, Roelant Rogman (Rogman several times underlined); lower centre, in brown ink, inv. no 1347 ; upper centre, in brown ink, monogram (?)


Technical notes

watermark: none


Provenance

…; sale, Jan Frederik Bianchi (1878-1963, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (Paul Brandt), 23 November 1964 sqq., no. 690, as Antonie van Waterloo, with five other Dutch school drawings, fl. 410, for all, to the museum (L. 2228)

Object number: RP-T-1965-184(R)


Entry

According to Schulz, this drawing is not by Saftleven, despite the subject being a frequently recurring motif within his oeuvre. The drawing was purchased as by Antonie Waterloo (1609-1690), but that attribution has also been rejected. No other possible attribution has been put forward since.

Carolyn Mensing, 2020


Literature

W. Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1685): Leben und Werke, mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Berlin 1978, p. 165


Citation

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