Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672

Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672

SK-A-4910

signature and date: ‘J. Wijckersloot A 1672’

In 1672 the Netherlands was invaded by the French. That disaster is allegorically rendered in the drawing at which the seated man looks: the Dutch lion is defeated, its weapons in pieces, the gate to its enclosure broken; above, the French rooster crows triumphantly. Symbolizing the other side is the standing man with an orange feather in his cap: he is a supporter ofWilliam III of Orange, who would avert the French threat.

Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

painter: Johannes van Wijckersloot

1672

olieverf op doek

• height 43 cm x width 37.5 cm
• depth 8.5 cm

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

purchase 1995

Public domain

…; private collection, France;{Bok/Jansen 1995, p. 339.} sale Genin, Griffe, Le Seuil, Lyon (Hôtel des Ventes des Tuiliers), 24 October 1984, to the dealer Patrick Weiller, Paris;{Note RMA; Bok/Jansen 1995, p. 339; the sale catalogue has not been located.} anonymous sale, Monaco (Sotheby´s), 21 June 1986 sqq., no. 35, frs. 488,400, to the dealer K. & V. Waterman, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} from whom fl. 376,000, to Joost R. Ritman, 1986-1995;{Verslagen 1995, p. 15; file RMA, letter from Dr. J. P. Filedt Kok to the board of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, 21 June 1995.}; from whom to the dealer R. Noortman and Sotheby´s, Maastricht;{Note RMA.} from whom fl. 273,573, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1995

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.

• Documentatiemap Schilderijen.
• 'De aanwinst', Rijksmuseum Nieuws 4 (1995) nr. 9.

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