The Canal at ’s-Graveland

• The Canal at ’s-Graveland
• The Watercourse near 's-Graveland

SK-A-3230

signature and date: ‘PG Van Os f 1818.’

In 1817 the Amsterdam merchant Herman Waller com-missioned Van Os to paint two prospects of the village of ’s-Graveland, where Waller had a country house. Van Os painted this scene either from a window in Waller’s house or from the local inn. This high vantage point afforded an unusual perspective. The diagonal view of the ’s-Graveland canal also includes the garden, with a gardener and two dogs.

A. Quarles van Ufford, 'Kunstenaars & liefhebbers, kunst uit de tijd van de Verlichting', Museumtijdschrift, nr. 3 (2007), p. 20-23, afb. p. 22.

painter: Pieter Gerardus van Os (mentioned on object)

1818

olieverf op doek

height 111.5 cm x width 89.5 cm

Gift of F.G. Waller, Amsterdam

gift 1934-06

Public domain

Commissioned by or for Herman Waller (1749-1820), Amsterdam, 1818;{Heijbroek 1984, p. 130.} by descent to his great-grandson, François Gerárd Waller (1867-1934), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the museum, with one other painting, 1934

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.

• A. Quarles van Ufford, 'Kunstenaars & liefhebbers, kunst uit de tijd van de Verlichting', Museumtijdschrift, nr. 3 (2007), p. 20-23, afb. p. 22.
• A. van Klaveren, Pieter Gerardus van Os 1776-1839 : Voornaam konstschilder, Heerlen 1999 (ongepubliceerde doctoraalscriptie Open Universiteit).

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