The Docking Basin in the Barge Canal in Leidschendam

The Docking Basin in the Barge Canal in Leidschendam

SK-A-4937

De kom in de trekvaart tussen Den Haag en Leiden in Leidschendam. Het verlaat en de kom gezien vanaf de Leidse zijde in de richting van Den Haag en Delft. In de sluiskom liggen drie trekschuiten, links op de kade loopt een jager met paard tussen de reizigers en wandelaars. Links de Hervormde Kerk aan de Delftse kade. In de verte een huisje behorend bij het buitenhuis Damlust.

signature and date: ‘P.C. la Fargue pinx. 1756’

painter: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue

1756

oil on panel

• height 39.5 cm x width 49.5 cm
• depth 7 cm

1750 - 1760

purchase 1998-02-23

Public domain

Inv.; …; anonymous sale, Paris (Hotel Drouot), 12 October 1962;{According to an announcement for the sale, note RKD; the catalogue for the sale could not be located.}….; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Christie’s), 4 November 1989 sqq., no. 140, as Follower of Paulus Constantijn Lafargue, fl. 7,475;{Copy RMA.} …; collection J.M. Frensch, 1991;{The Hague, 1991, unpag., no. 49.}…; from M. Frensch - Donkers, Rijswijk, fl. 45,000, to the museum, 1998

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.

• Jan de Vries, Barges and capitalism. Passenger transportations in the Dutch economy, 1632-1839, Utrecht, 1981.
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

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