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

anonymous, 1620 - 1699

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

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1965-184(V)

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

  • Dimensions

    height 277 mm x width 224 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1964

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    See the provenance for RP-T-1965-184(R).

  • 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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anonymous

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

1620 - 1699

Technical notes

watermark: none

Provenance

See the provenance for RP-T-1965-184(R).

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

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

C. Mensing, 2020, 'anonymous, _, 1620 - 1699', in J. Turner (ed.), _Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200143944

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