The van Vreedenburchweg in Rijswijk with the small bridge of the Hilvoorde country estate
- Artist
- Wijnandus Johannes Josephus Nuijen (1813-1839)
- Year
- 1830
- Genre
- landscape winter
- Keywords
- Landscape, figures, winter
- Category
- painting
- Support
- panel
- Technique
- oil
- Composition
- horizontal
- Measurements
- 42 x 52 cm
- Signed
- bottom right, W.J.J. Nuyen Bz
- Location
- Europe
- Owner
- Private owner known
Description
Nuijen submitted this painting in the year 1830—he was then barely 17 years old—in response to a competition: it promptly earned him an award.
Awarded in 1830 by ‘Felix Meritis’ in Amsterdam. Submitted at the age of 17! under the motto ‘This winter, which offers no rose etc.’
Understandably, at this age Nuijen was still under the spell of his teacher Schelfhout: see, for example, the blocks of ice around the hole. On the other hand, his own invention is nevertheless noticeable, if only because Nuijen placed the horizon somewhat higher than Schelfhout used to do, giving the scene a certain intimacy that is sometimes lacking in Schelfhout's work. The Van Vreedenburchweg still exists and has only partially changed in character. Although: one would search in vain for such a serene winter tranquility there nowadays.
Exhibitions
Sources
- 1952 catalog exhibition ‘paintings and drawings by W.J.J. Nuijen' Panorama Mesdag The Hague, number 7 image page 9
- 1970 book lexicon ‘Dutch visual artists 1750 -1950’ part II P. Scheen , page 168
- 1977/1978 catalog 'Wijnand Nuyen 1813-1839 romantic works' exhibition The Hague 1977 (John Sillevis / Nini Jonker) , number 12 page 54
- 1993 Catalog tentoonstelling Rijswijk ‘The friends of Wijnand Nuijen’ Henk Dinkelaar, image 0.04 page 9
Provenance
- 1952 private collection
- 1993 private collection Liechtenstein
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