File:Jan Asselijn - The Threatened Swan - WGA01030.jpg
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Jan Asselijn: The Threatened Swan
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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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| Date | circa 1650 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 144 cm (56.6 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Gallery of Honour |
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| Accession number |
SK-A-4 |
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| Place of creation | Northern Netherlands (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
1784: sale of the collection of Mr. 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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| Exhibition history |
The age of Rembrandt, 19 October 1968–22 December 1968, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cat.no. 1. |
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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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| References |
Anonymous (1809) Catalogus der schilderijen, oudheden, enz. op het Koninklijk Museum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Gebroeders van Cleeff, p. 1, cat. no. 2, as ‘Eene zinſpeling op de Waakzaamheid van den Raad-Penſionaris Joan de Witt. Eene witte Zwaan verdedigt met uitgeſpreide vlerken haar nest tegen een zwemmenden Waterhond; onder de Zwaan staat geſchreven: „De Raad-Penſionaris,” boven het nest: „Holland” en boven de Hond: „De Viand van den Staat.”’. Anonymous (1830) Aanwijzing der schilderijen, berustende op ’s Rijks Museum, te Amsterdam, [s.l.: s.n.], p. 4, cat. no. 3, as ‘Eene zinspeling op de waakzaamheid van den raadpensionaris Joan de Witt. Een witte zwaan verdedigt met uitgespreide vlerken haar nest tegen een’ zwemmenden waterhond; onder de zwaan staat geschreven: » de raadpensionaris,” boven het nest: » Holland” en boven de hond: »De viand van den staat.”’. P.L. Dubourcq (1858) Beschrijving der schilderijen op 's Rijks Museum te Amsterdam met Fac Simile der Naamteekens, Amsterdam: Frans Buffa & Zonen, p. 1, cat. no. 2, as Toespeling op de waakzaamheid van den Raadpensionaris Joan de Witt, H. 139. B. 169 [duim]. Anonymous (1934) Catalogus der schilderijen pastels–miniaturen–aquarellen tentoongesteld in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, p. 31, cat. no. 382, as De Bedreigde Zwaan, height: 144 cm (56.6 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in). Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 89, cat. no. A 4, as The threatened swan: interpreted as an allegory on Johan de Witt, height: 144 cm (56.6 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in). F. Grijzenhout, 'Tempel voor Nederland : De Nationale Konst-Gallerij in 's-Gravenhage', Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek, 35 (1984), p. 19, afb. 16. Annemarie Vels Heijn (red.; 1995) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. I capolavori della collezione, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum-Stichting, p. 25. ISBN 90-6611-224-7, as Il cigno minacciato. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Threatened Swan, circa 1650.RKDimages, Art-work number 7695, as Bedreigde zwaan; later opgevat als allegorie op Johan de Witt, 1610-1652 Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20360621, as Der drohende Schwan (Allegorie auf Johann de Witt) |
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| Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art:  Image  Info about artwork |
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