Still Life with Books, Jan Lievens, c. 1627 - c. 1628

Identification

Title(s)

Still Life with Books
Vanitas Still Life

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4090

Description

Vanitas stilleven met boeken, een tinnen kan, berkenmeier, tinnen bord met broodje, luit en twee globes. Links aan de wand hangt een palet.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan Lievens

Dating

c. 1627 - c. 1628

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 91 cm × width 120 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Acquisition

purchase 1963

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; private collection, England;{Note RMA.} ...; dealer Basil Wheeler, London;{Note RMA.} ...; the Montpellier Galleries, London, as P. Potter, 28 April 1960;{Note RMA.} ...; dealer Han Jüngeling, The Hague (on loan to the Dordrechts Museum), 1960-63;{Bol in Dordrecht 1960, p. 14; Bol in Dordrecht 1962, p. 14; note RMA.} from whom, fl. 75,000, to the museum as a gift of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1963

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Stad van boeken : handschrift en druk in Leiden 1260-2000, André Bouwman, p. 277, afb. 10
Het Nederlandse stilleven 1550-1720, Celeste Brusati, Alan David Chong, Wouter Theodoor Kloek
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 63
A modest message as intimated by the painters of the "Monochrome banketje", Nicolaas Rudolf Alexander Vroom, cat.nr. 667
Drie halen, één betalen, Arie Wallert, afb. 1-8
An interpretation of the Still Life with Books, Jug, Glass and Bread Roll, attributed to Jan Lievens, Pieter J.J. van Thiel
Schenkingen en aankopen

Persistent URL

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