Bauernhäuser unter Bäumen
1665
on displayMeindert Hobbema1638 Amsterdam – 1709 Amsterdam
We have 2 artworks by Meindert Hobbema online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
Also known as
Farmhouses under Trees
Landschaft [historic]
Landschaft mit Bäumen und Häusern [historic]
Medium
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions
image: 60.5 x 84.5 cm
Inventory number
R 14
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Ruzicka Foundation, 1948
Signature
inscr. b. r.: m. Hobbema . / fec 1665
Inscriptions
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Accession year
1948
Provenance
- Meindert Hobbema (*1638 Amsterdam, +1709 Amsterdam) (Künstler/-in)
- Verbleib unbekannt
- o.D. – 1.6.1833, George Vivian (*1798, +1873) (Sammler/-in), LondonZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, Korrespondenz, Christopher Wright, 28.10.1983: «The picture was certainly in the George Vivian Sale, London, Christie’s, 1833 when it made £399. (380 guineas). By 1835 it was in the collection of Charles Heusch, London and it was still there in 1854 when Waagen saw it.»; Smith 1835, Bd. 6, S. 150, Nr. 101.
- 1.6.1833, Christie's London (Auktion), London, Lot 97Wie oben Fussnote 3; Hofstede de Groot 1911 Bd. 4, S. 444, Nr. 223.
- Verbleib unbekannt
- spätestens ab 1835 – 1848, Charles Heusch (*1775, +1848) (Sammler/-in), LondonWie oben Fussnote 4.
- 1848 – mindestens bis 1854, Frederick Heusch (*1809, +1870) (Sammler/-in), NachlassWaagen 1854, Bd. 2, S. 252-255.
- 1855 – 1911, Lionel von Rothschild (*1808 London, +1879 London) (Sammler/-in), London, KaufE-Mail-Korrespondenz, Natalie Attwood, 10.01.2023: «The Hobbema was in Alfred de Rothschild's (1842-1918) collection at the time of his death and I have found it in the inventory (RAL 000/174C) of his country estate, Halton House, made in 1919. It was marked E for Exbury, which meant it was inherited by his nephew Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) who lived at Exbury House.»; Gerson 1947, S. 43: Das Gemälde war 1911 in den Grafton Galleries ausgestellt worden, übermittelt von Alfred C. de Rothschild; National Gallery of Art, «Dutch Paintings 17th Century», https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50883.html#provenance (08.05.2023): «[…] acquired 1855 with the entire Heusch collection by Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild [1808-1879], London».
- spätestens ab 1911 – 31.1.1918, Alfred Charles de Rothschild (*1842 London, +1918) (Sammler/-in), London, NachlassZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, Rechnung der Galerie Katz an Leopold Ruzicka, 11.9.1947; ZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, Korrespondenz H. Gerson an Leopold Ruzicka, 16.12.1947: «Hofstede de Groot hat in seinem Handexemplar bei nr.223 notiert, dass das Bild identisch ist mit einem Gemälde, das er […] gesehen hat auf der Ausstellung der Grafton Gallery, London, 1911, nr. 64»; E-Mail-Korrespondenz, Attwood, wie oben Fussnote 8.
- frühestens ab 31.1.1918 – 28.1.1942, Lionel Nathan von Rothschild (*1882 London, +1942 London) (Sammler/-in), London, NachlassE-Mail-Korrespondenz, Attwood, wie oben Fussnote 8; «Lionel died in 1942 and his son Edmund (1916-2009), to pay for death duties etc., sold items from his father's collection. I have found the Hobbema in the April 1942 inventory (000/920) of Lionel's possessions, with a pencil annotation which explains it was sold to Mr Partridge. In his biography, Edmund de Rothschild explains that the sale occurred in 1942, conducted by Christie's. One could propose that Mr Patridge sold to Nathan Katz after 1942.»
- frühestens ab 28.1.1942 – 4.1942, Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (*1916 London, +2009) (Sammler/-in), London, NachlassWie oben Fussnote 8.
- 4.1942 – o.D., Claude Partridge (*1905, +1958) (Sammler/-in), London, KaufWie oben Fussnote 10; ZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, Rechnung der Galerie Katz an Leopold Ruzicka, 11.09.1947.
- [Verbleib unbekannt?]
- o.D. – 11.9.1947, Nathan Katz (*1893 Dieren, +1949) (Kunsthändler/-in), BaselZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, Rechnung, wie oben Fussnote 12.
- 11.9.1947 – 27.12.1948, Leopold Ruzicka (*1887 Vukovar, +1976 Mammern) (Sammler/-in), Zürich, KaufZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, wie oben Fussnote 12; Sitzungsprotokoll der Sammlungskommission, 23.12.1948 I., Archiv ZKG/KHZ, 10.30.10.42; Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft 1949 Jahresbericht, S. 4.
- 27.12.1948 – 2005, Ruzicka-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, ÜbertragungSitzungsprotokoll der Sammlungskommission, wie oben Fussnote 15; Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft 1949 Jahresbericht, wie oben Fussnote 15; Kunsthaus Zürich 2007 (Sammlungskatalog), S. 110.
- 1949 – 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, LeihgabeWie oben Fussnote 16.
- ab 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, GeschenkKunsthaus Zürich 2007 (Sammlungskatalog), wie oben Fussnote 16.
Provenance category
indications of being looted art
Provenance category (FOC)
C – The provenance from 1933 to 1945 has not been conclusively clarified; gaps in the ownership history remain. According to current research, there is no evidence of Nazi-looted art. There are, however, implications of Nazi-looted art and / or conspicuous circumstances.
Literature (provenance)
- John Smith: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters. Jacob Ruysdael/Minderhout Hobbem/John and Andrew Both/John Wynants/Adam Pynaker/John Hackaert/William Van der Velde/Ludolph Backhuyzen/John van Huysum/Rachel Ruisch, Bd. 6 von 9, London: Smith&Son, 1835, S. 150, Nr. 101.
- Jahresbericht 1948, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, Zürich, 1949, S. 4.
- C. Hofstede de Groot: Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, Bd. 4 von 10, Esslingen a. N.: Paul Neff Verlag, 1911, S. 444, Nr. 223.
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 110.
- Gustav F. Waagen: Treasures of Art in Great Britain. Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss., Bd. 2 von 4, London, 1854, S. 252-255.
- Horst Gerson: «En Hobbema van 1665», in: Kunsthistorische Mededelingen van het Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie 2, 1947, S. 43-47, S. 43.
About the provenance
This painting by Meindert Hobbema comes from the collection of the Nobel Prize winner and art collector Leopold Ruzicka, from which it was donated to the Kunsthaus Zürich in 2005. From 1855 to 1942, it was owned by the branch of the Jewish Rothschild banking family that was resident in England. Following the death of the British banker and politician Lionel Rothschild in 1942, the prestigious art collection passed to his son Edmund de Rothschild, who sold some of the works in order to pay inheritance tax. An inventory of the collection notes that the Hobbema painting was sold in 1942 to the London-based collector Claude Partridge. It is then documented in 1947 as being with the art dealer Nathan Katz in Basel. Research has revealed that Katz and Partridge worked together. It can therefore be assumed that there was a direct transfer of ownership between them. However, there is no unambiguous evidence for this. The possibility that it constitutes cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution cannot therefore currently be ruled out.
State of research 30.06.2023
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Literature (general)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 110.
- Gemälde der Ruzicka-Stiftung (Text: L. Ruzicka), Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1949, No. 14.
- Horst Gerson: «En Hobbema van 1665», in: Kunsthistorische Mededelingen van het Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie 2, 1947, S. 43-47, No. 3-4.
- Landschaften. Orte der Malerei, hrsg. von Philippe Büttner, Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, 2020, No. 21.
- Meisterwerke holländischer Landschaftsmalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Ausst.-Kat. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Köln, Köln, 1954, No. 12, ill. No. 7.
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