The View from the Batavian Embassy in Paris

Josephus Augustus Knip (signed by artist), 1801

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, the Dutch ambassador in Paris, commissioned Knip to make a series of paintings of the Batavian embassy, the Hôtel de Beauharnais. This is the view from the embassy, towards the two identical facades of the Hôtel de la Marine and the Hôtel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde. An optical telegraph is visible at right atop a gabled roof, while another one can be seen in the far right distance, on Montmartre. Such enabled contact between Paris and the Netherlands.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3909
  • Dimensionsheight 97 cm x width 129.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • View of the Place de la Concorde, Paris, from the Batavian Embassy, during the Ambassadorship of Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (former title)
    • The View from the Batavian Embassy in Paris

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3909

  • Description

    Het uitzicht van de Bataafse ambassade, de Hôtel de Beauharnais, te Parijs op de Place de la Concorde ten tijde van het ambassadeurschap van Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck. Aan de overzijde van de Seine aan de Place de la Concorde de identieke façades van het Hôtel de la Marine en het Hôtel de Crillon, rechts de koepel van de Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption en daarachter Montmartre. Langs de rivieroever liggen enkele schepen waaronder een veerboot met passagiers. Maakt deel van van een serie van drie werken: SK-A-3909, SK-C-1455 en SK-C-1456.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘J.A. Knip 1801’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Josephus Augustus Knip (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1801

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 97 cm x width 129.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Jonkheer W.A. van den Bosch Bequest, Doorn

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1956

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Collection Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761-1825);{Note RMA.} ? his son, Gerrit Graaf Schimmelpenninck (1794-1863); ? his son, Jonkheer Ernst Herman Frederik Adriaan Schimmelpenninck (1823-1882); ? his daughter, Jonkvrouw Janette Kitty Philippine Adrienne Ernestine van Doorn, née Schimmelpenninck (1857-1930); her daughter, Jonkvrouw Maria Jacoba Annetta Coelho de Almeida, née Van Doorn (1887-1970);{Note RMA.} sale, Julie Elise baronesVan Pallandt van Waardenburg en Neerynen (Waardenburg), Freule M.O. Baud (Voorburg) [section Almeida], The Hague (Van Marle & Bignell), 23 May 1951, no. 48, fl. 330, to Jonkheer Willem Adriaan van den Bosch (1888-1956), Doorn;{Copy RKD.} by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1956

  • 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.

Documentation

  • Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

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