The Cattle Ferry

Esaias van de Velde, 1622

This painting is a milestone, for never before had a Dutch painter depicted his native flat, watery landscape in such a monumental format. Dusk is falling, and the light is beginning to fade. The glistening river winds its way into the distance, drawing the viewer along, too, past countless little figures.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-1293
  • Dimensionssupport: height 75.5 cm x width 113 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • The Cattle Ferry
    • The Ferry

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-1293

  • Description

    Het ponteveer. Een veerpont beladen met personen en dieren op een rivier die door een dorp loopt. Aan weerszijden van het water staan huizen en lopen figuren. In de verte een kerk en een molen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower right: ‘E. V. VELDE 1622’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Esaias van de Velde

  • Dating

    1622

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    support: height 75.5 cm x width 113 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1885-10-30

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Mr P. VerLoren van Themaat, Utrecht;{Keyes 1984, p. 148.} his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller _et al_.), 30 October 1885, no. 100, fl. 755, to C.F. Roos for the museum{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 165, no. 465 (13 November 1885); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, p. 76, no. 171 (2 January 1886).}

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