View of an Imaginary Town across a River, with the Tower of Saint Pol in Vianen

View of an Imaginary Town across a River, with the Tower of Saint Pol in Vianen

SK-A-4879

signature and date, lower left: ‘VG 1649’

Panoramisch rivierlandschap. Op de nabije oever enkele herders met hun vee; op de tegenoverliggende oever de stad Vianen. Op de rivier meerdere vaartuigen waaronder enkele roeiboten met vissers en een ponteveer met een aantal passagiers en een rijtuig er op. Op de voorgrond herders met vee.

Beck, II en III, nr. 412

painter: Jan van Goyen (signed by artist)

1649

olieverf op paneel

• height 64.5 cm x width 96.7 cm
• depth 4 cm

Gift of S. van Embden Bonnist, Mamaroneck

gift 1991

Public domain

...; sale, Paul Mersch, Paris (Hôtel Drouot), 8 May 1908, no. 34, fr. 4,000;{Copy RKD.}...; sale, Baron F.A.S.A. van Ittersum et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 14 May 1912, no. 118, fl. 6,700;{Copy RKD.}...; sale, A. de Labrouchede de Laborderie (Paris) et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 23 May 1922, no. 37, bought in for fl. 4,500;{Beck II, 1973, p. 200.}...; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 11 December 1923, no. 476, fl. 3,200;{Beck II, 1973, p. 200.}...; dealer Knoedler (London), prior to 1948;{Note RMA.}...; purchased by Mr M. van Embden;{Letter RMA, 7 June 1994.} donated to the museum by his daughter, Mrs Serine Bonnist, née Van Embden, Mamaroneck, New York, 1991

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.

• Beck, II en III, nr. 412
• Hofstede de Groot (1923) Band 8, nr. 972
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen: Dendrochronologisch onderzoek van Prof. Dr. P. Klein.

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