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ID number: BIRBI-43.1 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Cappelle, Johannes van de (1623/5-1679) Title / Object name: Boats on the River Waal Object type: Painting Place made: Amsterdam Culture: Dutch Date made: the 1650s Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 71 x 63.5 cm unframed; 96.1 x 43.7 x 2.7 framed Provenance: C. van Tarlink sale, Amsterdam, 18 August 1798 (no.10); purchased by J.M. Jansz; Lionel de Rothschild; The Mattiesen Gallery, London; purchased by the Barber Institute in 1943 for £2,400. |
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This landscape shows a ferry, as well as fishing and trading vessels, on the choppy waters of the River Waal in southern Holland. The church tower of Gorinchem is to the left, with Loevestein Castle on the opposite bank. The location, however, is less important than the contrasting play of light and shadow on water, land and vessels. The low horizon and the upright format give prominence to a lively cloudscape. |
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1 Related People | |
| Cappelle, Jan van de Dutch 1623/25 1679 | |
5 Related Publications | |
| A catalogue raisonné [...] of Dutch painters of the seventeenth century de Groot, Hofstede 1923 | |
| Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings Haeften, J. V. 2009 | |
| Hetslot Leavestein Makken, B. 1981 | |
| Jan van de Cappelle Russell, M. 1975 | |
| The Art Quarterly Valentiner, William, R. 1941 | |
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