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Summary
Jan Asselijn
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The Threatened Swan
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| Artist |
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| Title |
The Threatened Swan
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| Object type |
painting
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| Genre |
animal art
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| Description |
A swan protects her nest against a dog. The scene was later turned into a political allegory by refering to the swan as Grand Pensionary
Johan de Witt
, protecting Holland against the Enemy.
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| Date |
circa
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| Medium |
oil
on
canvas
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| Dimensions |
height: 144 cm (56.6 in)
; width: 171 cm (67.3 in)
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
SK-A-4
(
Rijksmuseum
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| Place of creation | Northern Netherlands (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
1784: sale of the collection of
Jean Deutz
at an unknown auction house,
Amsterdam
(?)
11 June 1800
sqq
.: purchased by Nationale Konst-Galerij,
The Hague
, at the sale of the collection of J. Gildemeester Jzn. at Philippus van der Schley, Jan de Bosch Jeronimuszn., Jan Yver, Cornelis Sebille Roos and Roelof Meurs Pruyssenaar,
Amsterdam
, lot no. 2, for NLG 95
1808: transferred to the Nationaal Museum, Amsterdam
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| Inscriptions |
Monogram bottom right:
JA
bottom center:
DE RAAD=PENSIONARIS
Added later bottom right:
HOLLAND
Added later bottom left:
DE VIAND VAN DE STAAT
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| Source/Photographer | www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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