The Docking Basin in the Barge Canal in Leidschendam

The Docking Basin in the Barge Canal in Leidschendam

SK-A-4937

signature and date: ‘P.C. la Fargue pinx. 1756’

A good public transport system by water existed in the west and north of the Netherlands from the middle of the 17th century. Horse-drawn barges were crucial to this system. An extensive network of canals crisscrossing the flat, watery countryside made it possible to travel easily and inexpensively.

Jan de Vries, Barges and capitalism. Passenger transportations in the Dutch economy, 1632-1839, Utrecht, 1981.

painter: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue

1756

olieverf op paneel

• height 39.5 cm x width 49.5 cm
• depth 7 cm

purchase 1998-02-23

Public domain

Inv.; …; anonymous sale, Paris (Hotel Drouot), 12 October 1962;{According to an announcement for the sale, note RKD; the catalogue for the sale could not be located.}….; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Christie´s), 4 November 1989 sqq., no. 140, as Follower of Paulus Constantijn Lafargue, fl. 7,475;{Copy RMA.} …; collection J.M. Frensch, 1991;{The Hague, 1991, unpag., no. 49.}…; from M. Frensch - Donkers, Rijswijk, fl. 45,000, to the museum, 1998

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.

• Jan de Vries, Barges and capitalism. Passenger transportations in the Dutch economy, 1632-1839, Utrecht, 1981.
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

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