French Commanders at the Siege of Rheinberg, 1672

Lambert de Hondt (II), c. 1675

The French army at Rheinberg, 2-6 June 1672. Attributed to Lambert de Hondt II, 1672. The French troops encountered little resistance in their advance. In June 1672 Marshal Turenne captured the fortress of Rijnberk (Rheinberg). The artist Lambert de Hondt, who worked in Brussels, took commissions for paintings of military scenes. He also made designs for tapestries of battle scenes.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4663
  • Dimensionssupport: height 64.2 cm x width 86.8 cm, outer size: depth 7.8 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    French Commanders at the Siege of Rheinberg, 1672

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4663

  • Description

    Het beleg van Rijnberg door de Fransen, 6 juni 1672. Rechts rijden ruiters de heuvel af in de richting van de vestingen. Op de voorgrond een groep officieren te paard, op de achtergrond een plattegrond van de streek in vogelvluchtperspectief met veldslagen die uitgevochten worden. Pendant van SK-A-4662.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, bottom left: ‘RINBERG 1672’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Lambert de Hondt (II)

  • Dating

    c. 1675

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 64.2 cm x width 86.8 cm
    • outer size: depth 7.8 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1672-06-06

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1974

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; an English collection by c. 1860;{This is to be inferred from the picture’s treatment in London in the mid-nineteenth century. On the reverse of the frame of SK-A-4662 is inscribed ‘No 9/Front Room’. The same inscription is on the reverse of the frame of SK-A-4663.}…; anonymous sale, London (Christie’s), 25 October 1974, no. 57, SK-A-4663, as Lambert de Hondt the Younger, 3,150 gns or £ 3,307 s10, to the dealer Terry-Engell, London, for the museum{An Agnew’s ‘waiting order’ label is stuck to the stretcher beneath Christie’s stencil; it looks of fairly recent origin. The number on the label is lost and therefore it would have been difficult to trace in Agnew’s records; the firm’s archive was sold to the National Gallery, and recent information from it remains embargoed. The label indicates that the owner consigned the paintings to Messrs. Agnew, who entered them for sale at Christie’s.}

  • 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.

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