Landscape with farms and cattle
- Artist
- Wijnandus Johannes Josephus Nuijen (1813-1839)
- Year
- 1829
- Genre
- landscape
- Keywords
- Landscape, cattle, farm, forest
- Category
- watercolor
- Support
- paper
- Technique
- indian ink
- Composition
- horizontal
- Measurements
- 33.2 x 45.3 cm
- Signed
- bottom left, W.J.J. Nuyen Bz f 1828 onduidelijk
- Location
- Museum depot
- Owner
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, collectie Felix Meritis nummer 99. Bruikleen van de Gemeente Amsterdam
Description
Awarded the Felix Meritis medal in 1829
The brief for the competition was: To execute a landscape with a farmhouse, populated with some driven cattle, as a colored drawing.
Sources
- 1977/1978 catalog 'Wijnand Nuyen 1813-1839 romantic works' exhibition The Hague 1977 (John Sillevis / Nini Jonker) , nummer 66 pagina 92
- 1985 book 'Dutch watercolors from the 19th century' J. Sillevis, nummer 46 met illustratie zwart/wit
- 1993 Catalog tentoonstelling Rijswijk ‘The friends of Wijnand Nuijen’ Henk Dinkelaar, afbeelding 1.04 pagina 13
Provenance
- 1899 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam collection Felix Meritis nummer 99. On loan from Amsterdam City