LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

13.07 in. (33.20 cm.) (height) by 20.91 in. (53.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

indisctinctly signed with monogram 'SK' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, Kersttentoonstelling, 23 December 1931-18 January 1932, no. 14, as 'Jan Ruyscher' and 'Rhenen'. Leiden, Museum De Lakenhal, Kunstbezit van oud-alumni der Leidse Universiteit, June 1950, no. 44, as 'Jan Ruyscher' and 'Rhenen'. London, The Matthiesen Gallery, Rembrandt's influence in the 17th Century, 20 February-2 April 1953, no. 60, as 'Johannes Ruyscher' and 'Rhenen'.

Literature:

A. Welcker, 'Johannes Ruyscher alias Jonge Hercules, V, Jan Ruischer of Johann(es) Raus(s)cher', Oud-Holland, 53 (1936), pp. 161-83, ill. 60, 61 (detail). H.P. Deys, Achter Berg en Rijn. Over boeren, burgers en buitenlui in Rhenen, 1981, no. 67.

Provenance:

Guillemot, Paris. Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 29 June 1920, lot 27, as 'Hercules Seghers' and 'view of Rhenen' (Dfl. 6100,-). with N. Jacobson. Private collection, Wassenaar. . Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 11 December 1928, lot 26, as 'Hercules Seghers' and 'Rhenen'. A. Welcker (1884-1957), Amsterdam. Private collection, Utrecht.