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Source page: | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_bedreigde_zwaan_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-4.jpeg |
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| Title | The Threatened Swan |
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| Description |
The threatened swan. A swan protects her nest against a dog. The scene was later turned into a political allegory by refering to the swan as Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, protecting Holland against the Enemy.
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| Date | circa 1650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Height: 144 cm (56.7 in). Width: 171 cm (67.3 in). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number | SK-A-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation | Northern Netherlands (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
: purchased by Nationale Konst-Galerij, The Hague, at the sale of the collection of J. Gildemeester Jzn. at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam, lot no. 2 : transferred to the Nationaal Museum, Amsterdam |
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| Exhibition history | The age of Rembrandt, –, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cat.no. 1. |
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| Inscriptions |
Monogram bottom right: JA bottom center: DE RAAD=PENSIONARIS - Added later bottom right: HOLLAND - Added later |
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Anonymous, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Threatened Swan, circa 1650. Anonymous, RKDimages, Art-work number 7695, as Bedreigde zwaan; later opgevat als allegorie op Johan de Witt, 1610-1652. Anonymous, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, Object 20360621, as Der drohende Schwan (Allegorie auf Johann de Witt). Anonymous, Web Gallery of Art, as The Threatened Swan, circa 1650. Grijzenhout, F. 'Tempel voor Nederland : De Nationale Konst-Gallerij in 's-Gravenhage', Nederlands Kunsthistorische Jaarboek, 35 (1984), p. 19, afb. 16. Vels Heijn, Annemarie (red.; 1995) Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. I capolavori della collezione, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum-Stichting, p. 25. ISBN 90-6611-224-7, as Il cigno minacciato. |
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| Source/Photographer | www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Data and photography rights: "All data and all images made available through the API are either in the public domain or are subject to a CC0 license." https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/api/terms-and-conditions-of-use
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| File name | de_bedreigde_zwaan_rijksmuseum_sk-a-4.jpeg |
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| Size, Mbytes | 4.66825 |
| Mime type | image/jpeg |
| Orientation of image | 1 |
| Image resolution in width direction | 300 |
| Image resolution in height direction | 300 |
| Unit of X and Y resolution | 2 |
| Color space information | 65535 |
| Exif image width | 2916 |
| Exif image length | 2459 |
| Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows |
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