Full Record |
| Title |
River Scene in a Village |
| Collection |
Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
| Artist |
Previously attributed to Hobbema, Meindert (Dutch painter, 1638-1709)
Vries, Roelof van (Dutch painter, ca.1631-after 1681) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1650 |
| Date Latest |
probably about 1685 |
| Description |
Roelof van Vries was born in Haarlem and worked in Leiden and Amsterdam as well as in his native city. He entered the Leiden Guild in 1653 and the Haarlem Guild in 1657. He was a landscape painter, whose style was based on that of Jacob van Ruisdael. His pictures are often confused with those of two other followers of Ruisdael, Salomon Rombouts and Cornelis Decker. |
| Current Accession Number |
A71 |
| Former Accession Number |
135; 1454; 110 |
| Inscription |
front 'M. Hobbema' |
| Subject |
landscape; buildings and gardens; figure (peasants) |
| Measurements |
59.7 x 75.6 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. |
| Provenance |
Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. |
| Notes |
Attributions and inventory numbers: Holburne catalogue 1867, no. 135, as Hobbema; Holburne catalogue 1887, no. 1454, as Hobbema; Holburne catalogue 1936, no. 110, as R. Van Vries. |
| Rights Owner |
© The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
| Author |
Rosie Broadley |
