Swieten Castle from the west

Roelant Roghman, c. 1646 - c. 1647

Roghman made drawings of Swieten Castle in Zoeterwoude from four different vantage points, two of which are owned by the Rijksmuseum. He has surrounded the sun-drenched castle with trees to graceful effect. The resulting picturesque atmosphere is further intensified by the ducks in the pond, the stork’s nest atop the chimney, and the figures on the bridge.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1879-A-80
  • Dimensionsheight 373 mm x width 520 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk, with grey wash, with some charcoal soaked in linseed oil; framing line in brown ink (mostly damaged)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Swieten Castle from the west
    • View of Kasteel Swieten, Seen from the North-west
  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1879-A-80

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Roelant Roghman, Kasteel Swieten

  • Dating

    c. 1646 - c. 1647

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black chalk, with grey wash, with some charcoal soaked in linseed oil; framing line in brown ink (mostly damaged)

  • Dimensions

    height 373 mm x width 520 mm


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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1879

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; ? collection Hillebrant Bentes I (1591-1652), Amsterdam;{Van der Wyck/Niemeijer 1989, pp. 6-7.} by descent to Hillebrant Bentes II (1677-1708), Amsterdam; his sale, Amsterdam, 16 October 1708;{According to an advertisement in the ‘Amsterdamse Courant’, 6 October 1708; Dudok van Heel 1975, p. 170, no. 122.} …; collection Christiaan van Hoek (1643-1715), Amsterdam and ‘Ouderhoek’, near Loenen aan de Vecht, by 1711;{According to Smids 1711, p. 333.} his son, Anthony van Hoek (1674-1719), Amsterdam and ‘Ouderhoek’, near Loenen aan de Vecht;{According to Bruijn 1719, p. 24.} his cousin, Jan de Wolff (1680-1735), Amsterdam and ‘Ouderhoek’, near Loenen aan de Vecht;{According to a no longer extant list by Louis-Philippe Serrurier, circa 1730, mentioned by Muller 1878, p. XVII, and Muller 1907, pp. VI and VII.} …; sale, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-98, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 3 March 1800 sqq., Album KK, nos. 1-6 (‘Inhoudende Teekeningen, alle gezigten van Huizen en kasteelen in de Sticht te Utrecht, meesterlijk naar het leven geteekend door Roeland Rogman, met zwart Kryt en O.I. Inkt’), with 240 other drawings, fl. 2,000.00 for all, to the dealer C.S. Roos, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} ? sale, Jacob Cats (1741-99, Amsterdam) et al. [section ‘Letter P’, i.e. C.S. Roos], Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 16 April 1800 sqq., Album B, no. 41 (‘’t Huis te Zwieten [meesterlyk met O. Inkt, door R. Roghman’), fl. 34, to ‘Mensaert’;{Copy RKD; possibly Frans Julius Mensart (?-1824), Amsterdam.} …; ? sale, Hendrik Willink (Amsterdam), Amsterdam (C.S. Roos et al.), 6 December 1819, Album D, no. 5 (‘Het Huis te Zwieten; met dito [met zwart en o. inkt], door R. Rogman’), fl. 12, to Jan Hulswit (1766-1822), Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} his sale, Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 28 October 1822 sqq., Album H, no. 15 (‘Een adelijk Slot met een ophaalbrug over een vijver; schoon van effect, met zwaart krijt en oostindische inkt, door R. Roghman’), fl. 6:50:-, to Gerrit Hulseboom (1784-1863), Amsterdam and Vaassen;{Copy RKD.} …; collection Frederik Carel Theodoor, Baron van Isendoorn à Blois, Heer van Feluy and De Cannenburgh (1784-1865), Kasteel De Cannenburgh, Vaassen (L. 1407); inherited by Franciscus Johannes Hallo (1808-79), Kasteel Cannenburch, Vaassen;{Gelders Archief, 0407 Huis De Cannenburg, inv. no. 398.} sold through the mediation of the dealers A.E. Cohen and M. Wolff (L. 2610); sale, Frederik Carel Theodoor, Baron van Isendoorn à Blois, Heer van Feluy and De Cannenburgh, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 19 August 1879, no. 138, fl. 90, to the dealer F. Muller, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD; note RMA.} …; acquired, with RP-T-1879-A-81, by the museum (L. 2228), 1888{For security reasons, the drawing was transferred from the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken to the museum in 1888.}


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