Allegory of the River IJ

Romeyn de Hooghe, c. 1671

Allegorie met een groep stedemaagden om een waterspuwende Neptunus of stroomgod. Ontwerp voor een prent.

Artwork typedrawing, design
Object numberRP-T-1942-8
Dimensionsheight 161 mm x width 108 mm
Physical characteristicspen and black ink, brush and grey and black ink, over red chalk; framing line in red chalk (lower border trimmed)

Identification

Title(s)
Allegory of the River IJ
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1942-8
Description
Allegorie met een groep stedemaagden om een waterspuwende Neptunus of stroomgod. Ontwerp voor een prent.
Part of catalogue

Physical description
pen and black ink, brush and grey and black ink, over red chalk; framing line in red chalk (lower border trimmed)
Dimensions
height 161 mm x width 108 mm

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
Acquisition
purchase 1942
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, Samuel van Huls (1655-1734, The Hague), The Hague (J. Swart), 14 May 1736 _sqq_., Portfolio BB, no. 1581 (‘[Romein de Hooghe] _Un Dieu de Rivière, & 4 autres_’); ...; ? sale, Hendrik Verdonk (?-?, Rotterdam) _et al._, Rotterdam (Van Ryp), 30 September 1811 _sqq_., Album O, no. 49 (‘_Een Riviergod, met eenige Waternimphen. Met dito_ [in’t bruin gewasschen] _door R. de Hooge_’), with two other drawings, fl. 10;{RKD excerpts; not in art sales catalogues, copy RKD} ...; from the dealer H.J. Hilm, Amsterdam, fl. 30, to the museum (L. 2228), with support from the F.G. Wallerfonds (L. 2760), 1942 [inventoried as ‘Romeyn de Hooghe?’]
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.