Still Life with Roemer, Salt Cellar, Tobacco, Lemon, and Olives

Jan Jansz van de Velde (III), 1651

This painting showcases the wealth of products brought to the Netherlands by various trading companies. Tobacco and salt were obtained by the Dutch West India Company (WIC). Tobacco came mainly from South America, while salt was initially imported from Spain and Portugal until the Eighty Years’ War and thereafter from Cape Verde and Brazil. Trade, often accompanied by colonial aggression, was the primary driver of Dutch prosperity during this time.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3988
  • Dimensionsheight 69 cm x width 89.5 cm, frame: depth 7 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Still Life with Roemer, Flute Glass, Earthenware Jug and Pipes
    • Still Life with Roemer, Salt Cellar, Tobacco, Lemon, and Olives

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3988

  • Description

    Stilleven met een roemer met witte wijn, een fluitglas en laag glas met bier, een aarden kruik, twee pijpen met een vuurtestje, een zilveren zoutvat en een tabaksdoos, een Chinese bord met gepofte kastanjes, een citroen, enkele oesters en olijven en een mes.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower centre, on the edge of the table: ‘ Jan. van de. Velde. fecit. Anno 1651’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jan Jansz van de Velde (III)

  • Dating

    1651

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    • height 69 cm x width 89.5 cm
    • frame: depth 7 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Archibald Primrose (1847-1929, Epsom), 5th Earl of Rosebery, London (Christie’s), 5 May 1939, no. 143, £420,{_Apollo_ 29 (1939), p. 323.} or £400,{Copy RMA.} to Smith;…; collection H.E. ten Cate (d. 1955), Almelo, 1939;…; with the dealer J. Denijs, Amsterdam, 1939;…; with the dealer D. Katz, Dieren, before May 1940;…; ? with the dealer J. Dik Jr, Amsterdam;…; acquired by H. Posse, for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz (inv. no. 1348), 1940;{B. Schwarz, _Hitlers Museum: Die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz: Dokumente zum ‘Führermuseum’_, Vienna 200, p. 118, no. V/11.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945 (inv. no. NK 2359); on loan from the SNK to the museum, June 1948 (inv. no. SK-C-1403); transferred to the museum, 1960{Provenance reconstructed in R.E.O. Ekkart et al., _Herkomst Gezocht: De geschiedenis van ruim 4700 kunstwerken die na WO II uit Duitsland terugkwamen en sindsdien de NK-collectie vormen/Origins Unknown: The History of over 4700 Works of Art that Returned from Germany to The Netherlands after World War II and Have since then Incorporated the NK Collection_, The Hague 2006 (CD-ROM).}

Documentation

  • W. Kloek, 'Acquisitions from the collection : The still lifes restoration project', Annual report : Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (1999), p. 70-73 met afb.

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