Distant View with Cottages along a Road

Philips Koninck, 1655

A few dunes provide the only relief in this otherwise sweeping landscape stretching out under a vast sky. Koninck specialized in flat landscapes, which he built up with countless dots, like the knots in a tapestry. His palette and loose painting style reveal the influence of Rembrandt. The three cottages at the left are based on an etching by Rembrandt from 1650.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4133
  • Dimensionsheight 134 cm x width 167.5 cm, depth 13 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Distant View with Cottages along a Road
    • Distant View, with Cottages Lining a Road
  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4133

  • Description

    Vergezicht met hutten aan een weg. Een uitgestrekt rivierlandschap in vogelvluchtperspectief. Langs een zandweg staat een rij boerenhuizen, daarachter een brug, in de verte een stad gelegen aan een rivier.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date: ‘P Koninck 1655’


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Philips Koninck

  • Dating

    1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • height 134 cm x width 167.5 cm
    • depth 13 cm

This work is about

  • Subject


Exhibitions


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands, the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1967

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; collection Earl of Derby, Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool, England, 1775;{Verslagen 1967, p. 19.} his descendants;{Note RMA.} from whom, to a London dealer, possibly E.J. Speelman;{RMA Archive, Speelman, E., letter 23 August 1966.} from whom, fl. 2,100,100, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Fotocommissie, 1967

  • 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

  • Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 15 (1967), p. 107-108.


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