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River Landscape with the Fort Saint-Jean and the Chateau de Pierre-Scize in Lyon
Jan Asselijn (Dutch, about 1610–1652)
about 1650
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.1 x 99.4 cm (28 3/8 x 39 1/8 in.)
Framed: 103.8 x 130.5 cm (40 7/8 x 51 3/8 in.)
Framed: 103.8 x 130.5 cm (40 7/8 x 51 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession Number2017.4194
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, November 10, 2024 – February 9, 2025
On display at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, November 10, 2024 – February 9, 2025
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
In the 1640s, Asselijn traveled to Italy, where he joined the Bentveughels (Birds of a Feather), a society of Dutch and Flemish artists based in Rome. While there, he painted scenes of the Roman countryside. He visited this site outside of Lyon, France, on his way home. Asselijn here evokes the warmth and dreamlike feel of the Mediterranean through his innovative use of color, evident in the turquoise water, the pinkish hues of the hazy atmosphere, and the golden light. Other elements, such as the peasants involved in mundane tasks and the ferryboat on the river, are reminiscent of the Dutch landscape tradition.
ProvenanceAugustin Blendel de Gagny (b. 1695 - d. 1776), Paris; December 10-24, 1776 and January 8-22, 1777, Blendel de Gagny sale, Remy, Paris, lot 186, sold for ffr. 2460 to Jean-Baptiste-Pierre LeBrun (dealer) for Nicolas Beaujon (b. 1718 - d. 1786), Paris [see note 1]. April 11 - May 8, 1791, J.B.P. LeBrun sale, Paris, lot 113, sold for liv. 2700 to Guillaume-Jean Constantin (b. 1755 - d. 1816), Paris [see note 2]. Jules Porgès (b. 1839 - d. 1921), Paris; June 17, 1924, Jules Porgès ("Monsieur P...") estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 2, sold ffr. 1100 to Féral [see note 3]. December 19, 1924, anonymous sale, Galerie Fievez, Brussels, lot 5, sold for ffr. 1700. January 26, 1929, Duvinage van den Wiele sale, Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, lot 1. 1929 until 1992, private collection [see note 4]; December 9, 1992, anonymous (private collection) sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 70, sold to Johnny van Haeften, London [see note 5]; 1994, sold by Johnny van Haeften to Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA; 2017, gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)
NOTES:
[1] This lot was sold on December 10. According to handwritten notes in the auction catalogue the lot went to 'DeBeaujon'. Steland-Steif, Jan Asselijn (1971), p. 149, states it was sold to LeBrun for Beaujon.
[2] This lot was sold on April 13. The buyer is identified by a handwritten note in auction catalogue.
[3] Possibly Jules Féral (b. 1874 - d. 1944) or his father Eugene, both experts working with/for Georges Petit.
[4] According to Frederik Duparc et al., Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection (New Haven, 2011), cat. no. 2, p. 59.
[5] Handwritten note in catalogue states it was sold to Otto Naumann and Johnny van Haeften.
NOTES:
[1] This lot was sold on December 10. According to handwritten notes in the auction catalogue the lot went to 'DeBeaujon'. Steland-Steif, Jan Asselijn (1971), p. 149, states it was sold to LeBrun for Beaujon.
[2] This lot was sold on April 13. The buyer is identified by a handwritten note in auction catalogue.
[3] Possibly Jules Féral (b. 1874 - d. 1944) or his father Eugene, both experts working with/for Georges Petit.
[4] According to Frederik Duparc et al., Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection (New Haven, 2011), cat. no. 2, p. 59.
[5] Handwritten note in catalogue states it was sold to Otto Naumann and Johnny van Haeften.