The Threatened Swan. Jan Asselijn
circa 1650
oil on canvas
Height: 144 cm (56.7 in). Width: 171 cm (67.3 in).
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Gallery of Honour
Accession number SK-A-4
Place of creation Northern Netherlands (?)
Object history
11 June 1800: 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
1808: transferred to the Nationaal Museum, Amsterdam
1808: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Exhibition history The age of Rembrandt, 19 October 1968–22 December 1968, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cat.no. 1.
Inscriptions
Monogram bottom right: JA
bottom center: DE RAAD=PENSIONARIS - Added later
bottom right: HOLLAND - Added later
bottom left: DE VIAND VAN DE STAAT - Added later
References
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as The Threatened Swan, circa 1650.
RKDimages, Art-work number 7695, as Bedreigde zwaan; later opgevat als allegorie op Johan de Witt, 1610-1652.
Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, Object 20360621, as Der drohende Schwan (Allegorie auf Johann de Witt).
Web Gallery of Art, as The Threatened Swan, circa 1650.
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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