Ruins of Honingen Castle near Rotterdam

Roelant Roghman, c. 1646 - c. 1647

Roghman rendered the ruins of Honingen Castle with delicate black chalk lines and loose grey wash applied with a brush. He succeeded in merging its remains into the picturesque landscape. The castle suffered much damage during the Eighty Years’ War against the Spanish. The domain was bought by the city of Rotterdam, and the dilapidated castle was torn down in 1672.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1888-A-1436
  • Dimensionsheight 333 mm x width 543 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk, with grey wash; framing lines in brown ink and graphite (upper edge)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Ruins of Honingen Castle near Rotterdam
    • View of the Ruins of Slot Honingen near Kralingen

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1888-A-1436

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Roelant Roghman, Slot Honingen

  • Dating

    c. 1646 - c. 1647

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black chalk, with grey wash; framing lines in brown ink and graphite (upper edge)

  • Dimensions

    height 333 mm x width 543 mm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1888-03

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • 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. 145.} 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, Willem Philip Kops (1755-1805, Haarlem), Haarlem (P. van der Schley et al.), 14 March 1808 sqq., Album N, no. 4 (‘Het Slot Hooningen. Meesterlijk met zwart krijt met O.I. inkt geteekend, door R. Rogman’), fl. 5:10:-, to Dirk van Dijl (1742-1814, Amsterdam);{Copy RKD} ? his sale, Amsterdam (H. Vinkeles), 22 November 1813 sqq., Album H, no. 21 (‘Een Gezigt van het Slot Hooningen, meesterlijk met O.I. inkt, door R. Rogman’), fl. 1:2:- to ‘Gr’;{Copy RMA.} …; sale, Jan Hulswit (1766-1822, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 28 October 1822 sqq., Album B, no. 21 (‘Het Slot Honingen; met oostindische inkt, door R. Rochman’), fl. 6:15:-, to ‘Ravenswaai’;{Copy RKD; possibly Jan van Ravenswaay (1789-1869), Hilversum.} …; from the dealer J.H. Balfoort, Amsterdam, fl. 40, to the museum (L. 2228), 1888

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