River Landscape with Villages and Travelers [verso]
c. 1675/1685
Painter
Follower of Peeter Gysels
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on copper
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Credit Line
Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann and Patrons' Permanent Fund
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Dimensions
overall: 13.3 x 16.2 cm (5 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1997.85.1.b
Associated Artworks
Abraham Entertaining the Angels [recto]
Rembrandt van Rijn
1656
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.
Associated Names
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