The Robbery, Esaias van de Velde, 1616

Identification

Title(s)

The Robbery

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-C-1533

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower right: ‘E. VANDEN / VELDE. 1616’

Description

De overval. Voor een vervallen boerenwoning worden twee ruiters door een groep van vier rovers overvallen. Een ruiter verdedigt zich met zijn zwaard, de andere ruiter ligt verslagen op de grond.

Creation

Artist

painter: Esaias van de Velde

Dating

1616

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 36.7 cm × width 50.1 cm
depth 4.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

Acquisition

loan 1973

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; bequeathed to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap by Mrs Mariane A. Domela Nieuwenhuis, née Meijer, Amsterdam, 1886; on loan to the museum from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap since 1917

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

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 374, 375

Persistent URL

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