A River Landscape, 1691

  • Barend van Kalraet, Dutch, 1649-1737

Oil on oak panel

  • Unframed: 15 3/4 × 21 3/8 inches (40 × 54.3 cm)
  • 24 3/4 × 30 1/4 × 2 7/8 inches (62.9 × 76.8 × 7.3 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.14

Signed, lower center, on boat: B Kalraet 1691

1887, art market (Dresden, Germany)

1887-1906, purchased by James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) in (Dresden, Germany)

1906-1909, by descent to his wife, Harriet Scripps [1838-1933] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Burroughs, C. Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts. DIA. Detroit, 1920, p. 48, no. 39 [as Dutch school, 17th century]. Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. DIA. Detroit, 1944, p. 72, no. 595. Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA. London, 2004, pp. 130-131 [entry by G. S. Keyes].

Barend van Kalraet, A River Landscape, 1691, oil on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.14.