Boote in der Schelde-Mündung
1651
on displayJan van de Cappelle1626 Amsterdam – 1679 Amsterdam
We have 1 artwork by Jan van de Cappelle online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
Also known as
Boats on the Mouth of the Scheldt
Barques dans l’estuaire de l'Escaut
View on the River Excaut, A Calm [historic]
Calm sea with boats [historic]
Ruhige See mit drei Booten [historic]
A Scene On The River Scheldt [historic]
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 66 x 97 cm
Inventory number
R 49
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Ruzicka Foundation
Signature
inscr. b. l.: J.V. Capelle 165[1?]
Inscriptions
-
Accession year
1950
Provenance
- Jan van de Cappelle (*1626 Amsterdam, +1679 Amsterdam) (Künstler/-in)
- Verbleib unbekannt
- Welbore Ellis Agar, second Earl of Normanton (*1778, +1868) (Sammler/-in), Somerley Hall, Ringwood (Hampshire)The Getty Research Institute, Archiv Duveen Brothers, «Collector's files: Mellon, Andrew W., circa 1940-1945, undated», http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2007d1_d2515 (11.05.2023), Nr. 21.
- o.D. – 1907, Sidney James Agar, fourth Earl of Normanton (*1865, +1933), Somerley Hall, Ringwood (Hampshire), ErbeWie oben Fussnote 3.
- o.D., Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd. (Kunsthandel), London, Nr. 2715Werkrückseite.
- 1907 – 1927, James Simon (*1851 Berlin, +1932 Berlin) (Sammler/-in), Berlin, KaufWie oben Fussnote 3; Hofstede de Groot 1918, Bd. 7, S. 185, Nr. 21; Auktion Frederik Muller & Cie. Amsterdam 1927.
- 1927 – 31.10.1927, Frederik Muller & Co. (Auktion), Amsterdam, Lot 8Auktion, wie oben Fussnote 5; The Getty Research Institute, M. Knoedler & Co. records, circa 1848–1971, «Painting stock book 7: 15140-17039, 1921 January-1927 December», https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/mlc5om/GETTY_ROSETTAIE531925 (11.05.2023), S. 153.
- 31.10.1927 – 17.10.1928, M. Knoedler & Co. (Galerie), New York, Nr. 16990Wie oben Fussnote 6; The Getty Research Institute, M. Knoedler & Co. records, circa 1848–1971, Inventory cards: Buyers, LO - MI, 1878-1969, bulk 1900-1969, Item 472, Stock No.16990 https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/tjqn6u/GETTY_ROSETTAIE3556279 (11.05.2023); The Getty Research Institute, M. Knoedler & Co. records, circa 1848–1971, Knoedler Stock Book 8, Page 21, Row 21, Stock No. 16990, https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/tjqn6u/GETTY_ROSETTAIE530797 (11.05.2023).
- 17.10.1928 – mindestens bis 1939, Andrew Mellon (*1855 Pittsburgh, PA, +1937 Southampton, NY) (Sammler/-in), New York, KaufWie oben Fussnote 7; E-Mail-Korrespondenz Halpern, 18.11.2022.
- [Verbleib unbekannt?]
- o.D. – 10.6.1950, Frederick Mont aka A.F. (Adolf Fritz) Mondschein / Frederick Mondschein (*1894, +1994) (Kunsthändler/-in), New YorkZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, Rechnung von Frederick Mont an Leopold Ruzicka, 10.05.1950; Archivdokumente Feilchenfeldt; ZKG/KHZ Ruzicka-Akten, Abrechnung Ruzicka-Stiftung 1950.
- 1950, Walter Feilchenfeldt (*1894 Berlin, +1953 Zürich) (Vermittler/-in), New YorkZKG/KHZ Werkdossier, wie oben Fussnote 12; Archivdokumente Feilchenfeldt.
- 10.6.1950 – 2005, Ruzicka-Stiftung (Sammlung), Zürich, KaufZKG/KHZ Werkdossier; Ruzicka Akten Korrespondenz Otto Hirschmann, 25.05.1950; ZKG/KHZ Ruzicka-Akten, Beleg der Schweizerischen Kreditanstalt an Leopold Ruzicka, 10.06.1950; ZKG/KHZ Ruzicka-Akten, Abrechnung, wie oben Fussnote 12; Kunsthaus Zürich 2007 (Sammlungskatalog), S. 106.
- 1950 – 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, LeihgabeKunsthaus Zürich 2007 (Sammlungskatalog), wie oben Fussnote 14.
- ab 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, GeschenkWie oben Fussnote 15.
Provenance category
no indications of being looted art
Provenance category (FOC)
B – The provenance from 1933 to 1945 has not been unambiguously clarified; gaps in the ownership history remain. According to current research, there is no evidence of Nazi-looted art. There are no implications of Nazi-looted art and / or conspicuous circumstances.
Literature (provenance)
- C. Hofstede de Groot: Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, Bd. 7 von 10, Esslingen a. N.: Paul Neff Verlag, 1918, Bd. 7, S. 185, Nr. 21.
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 106.
About the provenance
This painting by Jan van de Cappelle 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. By the time Ruzicka acquired it in the 1950s via the Zurich-based art dealer Walter Feilchenfeldt, it had already undergone a number of changes of ownership. In 1907, it was bought at an auction in Amsterdam by the collector James Simon from Berlin. He in turn put it up for auction in the Dutch capital in 1927, whereupon it was transferred via the New York art market to the US banker, politician and art collector Andrew Mellon. The painting is documented in his possession until at least 1939. Thereafter, it was in the hands of the New York art dealer Frederick Mont, also known as A. F. (Adolf Fritz) Mondschein, who had emigrated to the US from Vienna in the 1930s. It remains unclear how it found its way to Mont. However, since it had been in the US since 1927 there is – despite gaps in the provenance – currently no suspicion that it constitutes cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution.
State of research 29.09.2023
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Literature (general)
- Die Meisterwerke, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft/Christian Klemm, Sammlungskatalog Kunsthaus Zürich, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 43 (ill.).
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 106.
- Margarita Russell: Jan van de Cappelle 1624/6–1679, Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1975, No. 21, S. 26.
- Golden. Dutch and Flemish masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo collection, Ausst.-Kat. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem/Mauritshuis/Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011, S. 117.
- Landschaften. Orte der Malerei, hrsg. von Philippe Büttner, Ausst.-Kat. Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, 2020, No. 15.
- Rembrandt et son temps, Ausst.-Kat. Palais des beaux-arts, Brüssel, Brüssel: La Connaissance, 1971, No. 19, S. 36.
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