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View of Diemen
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
(artist)
1606-1669
Title
View of Diemen
Date of Production
(circa) 1650
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, prepared with a brown wash (Rijksmuseum is investigating Rembrandt's corpus of 'toned' papers to see how many are intentional, but his finished landscapes do tend to be on brown paper, per presentation given by Ilona van Tuinen and Leila Sauvage at 2020 symposium. Here the verso is starkly whiter, and under the microscope, added pigments are visible in the recto paper fibres).
Dimensions
Height: 8.9 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.199
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
From the later 1640s landscapes formed an important part of Rembrandt’s drawn oeuvre. This view of the village of Diemen, bathed in sunlight, records the environs of Amsterdam, which the artist explored on foot. The high degree of finish suggests that the drawing was executed in the studio. However, only the delicately applied brown wash seems to be original, whilst the greyish tone, in places insensitive to the fall of light, was probably added later, a practice common in the 18th century.
Provenance
Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, Amsterdam (1641-1724), L.1511 [according to Lugt, possibly an associate of Rembrandt's son Titus]; Valerius Röver, Delft (1686-1739), L.2984a-c; purchased from his widow by Hendrik de Leth, 22 January 1761 [according to Lugt]; purchased from him by Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (1722-1785), L.2987 [according to Lugt]; by descent to his son, Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (1750-1821); his estate sale, dir. J° de Vries, A. Brondgeest, E. M. Engelberts and C. F. Roos (Amsterdam), 1-4 July 1833, probably Kunstboek M, lot 23; purchased there by Hulswit; H. van Cranenburgh, Amsterdam [according to 1898 catalogue]; probably his estate sale, Roos, de Vries and Engelberts (Amsterdam), 26-27 October 1858, lot 32 ('Vue d'un village entouré d'arbres; à la plume et au bistre. Collection Goll 1833') [copy on Brill is annotated but the buyer's name is illegible]; Dr F. Heimsoeth, Bonn [according to 1898 catalogue]; his estate sale, F.A.C. Prestel (Frankfurt am Main), 5-8 May 1879, lot 149; purchased there by Dr August Sträter, Aix-la-Chapelle (1810-1897), L.787; his estate sale, H.G. Gutekunst (Stuttgart), 10-14 May 1898, lot 1180; purchased there by Keppel & Co. (New York); Atherton (1863-1943) and Louise Burleigh Curtis (1869-1910), Mount Kisco, New York, L.94, by July 1902 (when exhibited in their home); their estate sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein (Bern), 28 April 1955, lot 372; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, 10 May 1955 (£1,760); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Special Display - Rembrandt drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 22/02/2007-03/06/2007
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982
Ausstellung von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen aus Drei Jahrhunderten, Klipstein & Co., Berne, 02/02/1955-23/02/1955
Prints and drawings by Rembrandt, belonging to the [Atherton] Curtis Collection, Mount Kisco, New York, 1902 ...Less
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982
Ausstellung von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen aus Drei Jahrhunderten, Klipstein & Co., Berne, 02/02/1955-23/02/1955
Prints and drawings by Rembrandt, belonging to the [Atherton] Curtis Collection, Mount Kisco, New York, 1902 ...Less
Literature
Marciari, John and Jane Turner (eds.), Far and Away. Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection, exh. cat., The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2024
p. 138 under no. 41
fig. 41.1
as Attributed to Rembrandt
Gnann, A,. Rembrandt : Landschaftszeichnungen - Landscape Drawings Petersberg, 2021.
p. 140, note 223.
fig. 126
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Catalogue of drawings by Rembrandt and his school. Online research catalogue. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rembrandt_drawings/drawings_by_rembrandt.aspx, 2010
under no. 78 ...More
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Drawings by Rembrandt and his circle in the British Museum, London 1992
p. 158 under no. 71
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 59
pp. 126, 189
ill. on p. 127
Rembrandt's landscape drawings and prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990, 1990
pp. 59n18, 247 under no. 78 and 252 under no. 80
fig. 1 on p. 252
Giltaij, Jeroen, The drawings by Rembrandt and his school in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, 1988
p. 74 under no. 19
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 24
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 145
ill. on p. 105
Schatborn, Peter, 'Van Rembrandt tot Crozat' in 'Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek', 1981
p. 22
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 199
White, Christopher, Rembrandt and his world, London 1964
p. 70
ill. on p. 71
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 199
pl. XXIV
disputes claim that washes added later
Kornfeld, Eberh. W., 'Rembrandt's Spaziergang nach Diemen' in 'Du: Kulturelle Monatsschrift', Oct. 1959 - pp. 43-46; 19
pp. 43-46
ill. on p. 46
Ausstellung von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen aus Drei Jahrhunderten, Klipstein & Co., Berne, 1955
cat. no. 1
ill.
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. II, p. 220 under no. 839 and vol. VI, no. 1231 and under nos. 1229, 1230 and 1237
fig. 1457
Benesch, O., Rembrandt. Werk und Forschung, Vienna 1935
p. 47
Lugt, Frits, Les marques de collections, Amsterdam 1921
p. 142
Lugt, Frits, Wandelingen met Rembrandt in en om Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1915
p. 145
fig. 100
German trans., 1920, p. 148
H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, Katalog der Beruhmten Sammlung von Kupferstichen Radierungen Holzschnitten und Zeichnungen des verstorbenen Herrn Dr August Straeter in Aachen, 14 May 1898
lot 1180
ill. ...Less
p. 138 under no. 41
fig. 41.1
as Attributed to Rembrandt
Gnann, A,. Rembrandt : Landschaftszeichnungen - Landscape Drawings Petersberg, 2021.
p. 140, note 223.
fig. 126
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Catalogue of drawings by Rembrandt and his school. Online research catalogue. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rembrandt_drawings/drawings_by_rembrandt.aspx, 2010
under no. 78 ...More
Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Drawings by Rembrandt and his circle in the British Museum, London 1992
p. 158 under no. 71
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 59
pp. 126, 189
ill. on p. 127
Rembrandt's landscape drawings and prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990, 1990
pp. 59n18, 247 under no. 78 and 252 under no. 80
fig. 1 on p. 252
Giltaij, Jeroen, The drawings by Rembrandt and his school in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, 1988
p. 74 under no. 19
Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 24
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 145
ill. on p. 105
Schatborn, Peter, 'Van Rembrandt tot Crozat' in 'Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek', 1981
p. 22
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 199
White, Christopher, Rembrandt and his world, London 1964
p. 70
ill. on p. 71
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 199
pl. XXIV
disputes claim that washes added later
Kornfeld, Eberh. W., 'Rembrandt's Spaziergang nach Diemen' in 'Du: Kulturelle Monatsschrift', Oct. 1959 - pp. 43-46; 19
pp. 43-46
ill. on p. 46
Ausstellung von Zeichnungen und Aquarellen aus Drei Jahrhunderten, Klipstein & Co., Berne, 1955
cat. no. 1
ill.
Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. II, p. 220 under no. 839 and vol. VI, no. 1231 and under nos. 1229, 1230 and 1237
fig. 1457
Benesch, O., Rembrandt. Werk und Forschung, Vienna 1935
p. 47
Lugt, Frits, Les marques de collections, Amsterdam 1921
p. 142
Lugt, Frits, Wandelingen met Rembrandt in en om Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1915
p. 145
fig. 100
German trans., 1920, p. 148
H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, Katalog der Beruhmten Sammlung von Kupferstichen Radierungen Holzschnitten und Zeichnungen des verstorbenen Herrn Dr August Straeter in Aachen, 14 May 1898
lot 1180
ill. ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: "9"; upper left, red chalk: "diemen / van rembrant f2-10-"; left centre edge, brown ink, partially hidden under handling edges, inventory number of Valerius Röver (L.2984a-c): "9/23"; lower left, red ink, Goll van Franckenstein's inv. no. (L.2987): "N 3035.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Jan Pietersz. Zoomer (L.1511). Verso: left centre edge, transcribed above: Valerius Röver (L.2984a-c); lower left, written in red ink: Johann Goll van Franckenstein (L.2987), transcribed above; lower centre edge, stamped in black: Dr August Sträter (L.787); lower right edge, stamped in black: Mr and Mrs Atherton Curtis (L.94).
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: "9"; upper left, red chalk: "diemen / van rembrant f2-10-"; left centre edge, brown ink, partially hidden under handling edges, inventory number of Valerius Röver (L.2984a-c): "9/23"; lower left, red ink, Goll van Franckenstein's inv. no. (L.2987): "N 3035.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Jan Pietersz. Zoomer (L.1511). Verso: left centre edge, transcribed above: Valerius Röver (L.2984a-c); lower left, written in red ink: Johann Goll van Franckenstein (L.2987), transcribed above; lower centre edge, stamped in black: Dr August Sträter (L.787); lower right edge, stamped in black: Mr and Mrs Atherton Curtis (L.94).
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