The Water Reservoirs, the so-called Bends, in Belgrade Forest

Johann Christian Vollerdt, 1744 - 1763

Calkoen owned a country house in Belgrade Forest, north of Istanbul. Vanmour painted that landscape, from which Vollerdt made this copy. Calkoen met Vollerdt in Dresden (his next diplomatic post), where he planned once again to acquire a large number of paintings by a single artist. He probably had Vollerdt copy Vanmour’s painting to assess his skills.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2008
  • Dimensionsheight 60.5 cm x width 75 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The water reservoirs, known as the Bends, in the Forest of Belgrado near Istanbul.
    • The Water Reservoirs, the so-called Bends, in Belgrade Forest

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2008

  • Description

    Landschap met een gezicht op de waterreservoirs, de zogenaamde Bends, in het bos van Belgrado in de heuvels bij Istanbul.

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: Johann Christian Vollerdt, Dresden
    • after painting by Jean Baptiste Vanmour

  • Dating

    1744 - 1763

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 60.5 cm x width 75 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1726 - 1744

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Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • Mirjam Shatanawi, 'On the In-Betweenness of the Paintings of Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671–1737) at the Rijksmuseum' in: Susanne Leeb en Nina Samuel (red.), Museums, Transculturality, and the Nation-State, Independent Academic Publishing 2022, p. 123-158.
    • Renate Meijer en Günay Uslu, ‘Op bezoek bij de sultan : in de sporen van Cornelis Calkoen’, Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 29 (2003) nr. 3, p. 4-7.

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