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Winter Scene

Artist Esaias van de Velde I Dutch, 1587–1630

Date1614

MediumOil on cradled panel

Dimensions10 1/8 x 12 9/16 in. (25.7 x 31.9 cm)
Frame: 15 3/4 x 18 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (40 x 46 x 6.4 cm)
Original height before addition: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.61

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated Haarlem, Netherlands, 1614. Otto Wesendonck (1815-1896), Munich; by inheritance to his nephew Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing (1873–1956), Munich, until at least 1911. [Possibly Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris]. S. de Jonge, Paris. [Newhouse Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

Published ReferencesHermann Nasse, "Gemälde aus der Sammlung des Univ. Professors Dr. Frieh, Fr. W. von Bissing zu München," Münchner Jahrbuch der Bildenen Kunst 6 (1911), 96-97, illus. 97, fig. 17. Wolfgang Stechow, Esaias van de Velde and the Beginnings of Dutch Landscape Painting, Nederlandisch Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 1 (1947), 84, 88. W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art 1956), cat. no. 72, illus. (b-w). The Young Rembrandt and his Times (exhibition catalogue) (Indianapolis: John Herron Art Museum, 1958), cat. no. 35, illus. Eduard Plietzsch, Holländische und Flämische Maler des XVII Jahrhundert (Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 1960), 94, illus. fig. 153 (as Dorfstrabe im Winter). Müncher Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (München: Prestel Verlag, 1960-64), 94-117, illus. (b-w) 97, fig. 17. The Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1966, cat. no. 42, illus. Wolfgang Stechow, Dutch Landscape Painting of the Seventeenth Century (London: Phaidon, 1966) (re-issued, New York, Hacker Art Books, 1980), no. 18, pp. 21, 87, 202 (note nos. 17, 18), illus. fig. 169 (as Village at Winter Time). Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970), 50, illus. (color) 51. The Tarheel Banker 49, no. 6 (December 1970), illus. (color) cover. Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 94. George S. Keyes, Esaias van den Velde: 1587-1630 (Doornspijk: Davaco, 1984), 49, 50, 143-44, illus. fig. 9. "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1986), briefly discussed 5. Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1986), briefly discussed 12, illus. (b-w) 12, fig. 12. "Symposium of Dutch Art Presents Leading Scholars," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1986), illus. (b-w) 26. Paul Huys Hanssen, and Peter C. Sutton, The Hoogsteder Exhibition of Dutch Landscapes (Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 1991), 124. (Catalogue only, not included in exhibition.) Peter C. Sutton, Dutch & Flemish Seventeenth-century Paintings: The Harold Samuel Collection (London: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 220, footnote 1. Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 85. Bob Haak, Yoriko Kobayashi-Sato and Irma van Bommel, Tussen fantasie en werkelijkheid: 17de eeuwse Hollandse landschapsschilderkunst. (Between fantasy and reality: 17th Century Dutch Landscape Painting) (DeProm: Baarn, 1993) 160-61, cat. 24, illus. 160, fig. 1. (Catalogue only, not included in exhibition.) Ger Luijten, et al, Dawn of the Golden Age: Northern Netherlandish Art 1580-1620 (Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, 1993), 100-101, illus. fig. 176. (Catalogue only, not included in exhibition.) Christian Vogelaar, Jan van Goyen (Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, and Leiden: Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, 1996), 73-74, illus. 73, fig. 62, and detail 73, fig. 63. Dennis Weller, entry for Winter Scene, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 98, illus. (color). Melanie E. Gifford, "Esaias van de Velde's Technical Innovations: Translating a Graphic Tradition into Paint," in Paintings Techniques: History, Materials and Studio Practice, Ashok Roy and Perry Smith, eds. (London: The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1998), 147, illus. "The Return of Winter," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (Jan/Feb 1999), illus. (b-w) 12. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, AIC Paintings Specialty Group postprints: papers presented at the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Dallas, Texas, May 30–June 5, 2001, compiled by Heather Galloway (Dallas: Paintings Specialty Group, 2001), 40-45, illus. (b-w) 45, fig. 1. Ariane van Suchtelen, Holland Frozen in Time (Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2001), 54, illus. (color) 55. M. Therese Southgate, M.D., "The Cover," JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 23 (December 18, 2002), discussed 2935, illus. (color) cover. William Kloss, "Lecture 21: Landscape Painting-The Early Decades," in Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt, from The Great Courses DVD series (Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2006), 17:32-18:52. Dennis P. Weller, "New Installation of Dutch Kabinet Paintings," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (July/August 2007), mentioned and illus. (color) 11. Dennis P. Weller, entry for Winter Scene, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 204, illus. (color) 205. Dennis P. Weller, Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings [Systematic Catalogue of the Collection] (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2009), cat. no. 45, illus. (color) 213. Alexis Metzger, L’Hiver au Siècle d’or hollandais (Paris: Sorbonne Université Presses, 2018), illus. (color) 286.

Exhibition HistoryIndianapolis, IN, John Herron Art Museum, "The Young Rembrandt and His Times," February 14-March 23, 1958; San Diego, The Fine Arts Gallery, April 11-May 18, 1958, cat. no. 35, illus. San Francisco, CA, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "The Age of Rembrandt," October 10-November 13, 1966; Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, November 26, 1966-January 8, 1967; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, January 21-March 5, 1967, cat. no. 42, illus. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection," October 1970, 50, illus. (color) 51. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt," October 25, 1986-February 15, 1987, briefly discussed 12, illus. (b-w) 12, fig. 12. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.

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