River Landscape with Villages and Travelers [verso]

c. 1675/1685

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antique shop, Yorkshire; sold 1946 to private collection, England;[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 26-27 June 1997, no. 94); purchased by NGA.
[1] The copper plate was presumed to have been lost after Rembrandt's death in 1669, but was apparently acquired by a 17th century Antwerp artist, perhaps Peeter Gysels or another artist in his circle, who painted the river landscape scene on the back of the plate.

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Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997-1998, no. 7.

1998

  • Komenecky, Michael, Isabel Horovitz, and Nicholas Eastaugh. "Antwerp Artists and the Practice of Painting on Copper." Painting Techniques, History, Materials and Studio Practice. Contributions to the Dublin Congress (7-11 Sept. 1998): 137-138.

  • Copper as Canvas: Two Centuries of Masterpiece Paintings on Copper, 1525-1775, Phoenix Art Museum; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1998-1999, no. 73, repro.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q63571266


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