View of The Hague

• View of The Hague
• View of The Hague from the Delftse Vaart in the Seventeenth Century

SK-A-4875

• signature: ‘C. Springer’
• label: ‘De ondergeteekende verklaart dat deze schilderij voorstellende een gezicht op 's Gravenhage vervaardigd is door zijn vader wijle den kunstschilder Cornelis Springer, afkomstig uit de inventaris van diens atelier, gedient heeft tot schets voor de groote schilderij door hem met medewerking van den kunstschilder K. Karssen vervaardigd voor de Rembrandsfeesten te Amsterdam [...] 91 Leonard Springer.’

In the 19th century Rembrandt grew into the national hero of the Netherlands. In Amsterdam a statue was erected in his honour. For its ceremonial unveiling, the Parkzaal (a concert hall) was decorated with huge paintings of towns where he was thought to have worked. This is the sketch for the canvas Rembrandt in The Hague. In the distance one sees the silhouette of the city with the church tower of the Grote or Sint- Jacobskerk. Only later did it emerge that Rembrandt had never actually worked in The Hague.

painter: Cornelis Springer

c. 1850 - c. 1852

olieverf op doek

• height 48 cm x width 58 cm
• depth 10 cm

Gift of J.H. Springer, Haarlem

gift 1990

Public domain

…; donated by the artist's granddaughter, Johanna Hendrika Springer (1892-1990), Haarlem, to the museum, 1990

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.

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