Willem Romeyn

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

Willem Romeyn, Zuidelijk landschap met vee en mensen (pendant)

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint
Plain-weave linen canvas. The ground is buff, with grey priming under the sky. Glue-paste lined; the original tacking margins are present. 4mm at the left of the canvas is unpainted. Like its pair, DPG3, this painting’s stretcher appears to have been enlarged at some point, possibly at the same time as the lining was carried out. The lining is poorly attached to the original canvas. The verso is primed and there is an indistinct red seal on the reverse of the stretcher. There are areas of abrasion and restored old losses. Previous recorded treatment: 1911, cleaned, Holder; 1935, frame paraffined; 1953–5, Dr Hell; 1986, surface cleaned and some retouching, Area Museum Service for South Eastern England (Sophia Plender).

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 35.7 x 41.9 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

signed lower right: WROMEYN
WR as monogram

Current attribution: Willem Romeyn

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: after 1650 (1651 - 1694)

active, after his Italian journey

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Zuidelijk landschap met geit melkende vrouw
Other (former) title Other title(s) or name(s) which the work of art has had, or by which it is also known. This sometimes involves rejected identifications of the subject or sitter.: Landscape
English title: Italianate landscape with a woman milking a goat
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: italianate, mountain landscape, woman, kneeling, milking, goat, donkey, basket, beast of burden, ewer (vessel), sheep, garden fence, bare tree, copperwork (visual work)

Collection(s)

Noel Joseph Desenfans, London
It is possible that this pair came back to Desenfans and was later inherited by Bourgeois.
1785 - 1807 see auction 1785
private collection Sir Francis Bourgeois, London
1807 - 1811
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich (London) , inv./cat.nr DPG5
Bourgeois Bequest
Britton 1813, p. 19, no. 180 (‘Upper Room: West / no. 2, A Woman milking a goat, ass, & sheep C[anvas] Romayne’; 2' x 2'3").
1811 -

Auction(s)

Christie's, Londen (Engeland), 1785-05-11 - 1785-05-14, lotnr. 40
Contributor: Noel Desenfans
Name buyer : Sir Christopher, 2nd Bart. Sykes, 9 19 s

GPID, Lugt 3882 ‘Romyn; Two landscapes with cattle and figures’; sold for £9 19s. title: A catalogue of the first part of the truly superb collection of Italian, Roman, Spanish, Venetian, English, French, Flemish and Dutch Pictures (…) Monsieur Desenfans, going abroad (…). It is possible that this pair came back to Desenfans and Bourgeois.

Exhibitions

Dutch Italianates; 17th century masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery London , The Dulwich Picture Gallery , London (England) , 2008 , cat. no. 29, pair of cat. no. 28
The Dutch Italianates : 17th century masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London reizende tentoonstelling , United States of America , 2008 - 2009 , p. 86–87, no. 29 (I. A. C. Dejardin), Williamsburg/Fresno/Pittsburgh/Oklahoma 2008–10

Literature

Jameson 1842 , vol. 2, p. 444, no. 8 , W. van Romeyn
Waagen 1854 , vol. 2, p. 344, no. 8
Sparkes 1876 , p. 145, no. 10 , (‘A low-toned silvery picture’);
Richter/Sparkes 1880 , p. 138, no. 10
Richter/Sparkes 1892 , p. 2, no. 5 , NB: in 1892 the paintings were given the inventory numbers they still have
Richter/Sparkes 1905 , p. 2
Cook 1914 , p. 7
Cook 1926 , p. 6-7
Blunt/Burchard/Waterhouse 1953 , p. 34
Murray 1980 , p. 299
Beresford 1998 , p. 203
Bergvelt/Jonker 2016 , p. 173-174 , c. 1649

Cat. 1817 [copy in RM: 453 D 62] R. Cockburn, Catalogue of the collection of pictures bequeathed to Dulwich College by the late Sir Francis Bourgeois, 356 nos., p. 5, no. 55 or 54 (First Room – North Side, both ‘A Landscape, with Cattle and Figures; Roghman'; see also DPG3)
[B. R. Haydon], ‘Art. X. Descriptive and critical catalogues of the most splendid collections of works of art in Great Britain. Catalogue of the pictures bequeathed to God’s Gift College, Dulwich, in the County of Surrey, by the late Sir Francis Bourgeois, R.A. &c. &c. as they are now arranged in the new Gallery erected for their reception; with brief remarks on some of the most interesting’, Annals of the Fine Arts for MDCCCXVI [1816], 1 (1817), p. 374, no. 55 or 54 (see also DPG3)
Cat. 1820 R. Cockburn, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Bequeathed to Dulwich College by the late Sir Francis Bourgeois, 356 nos. [c. 1820 – in NAL, London, London 79A], p. 5, no. 55 or 54 (both ‘Landscape with Cattle and Figures; Roghman’; see also DPG3)
Cat. 1830 Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Bequeathed to Dulwich College by the late Sir Francis Bourgeois, London n.d., 355 nos. [c. 1830 + annotations NAL, London], p. 3, no. 8 (Roghman)
Denning 1858 S.P. Denning [assisted by the Rev Stephen Denning], ‘Catalogue of Pictures’ (MS, DPG archive; unfoliated; picture numbers up to no. 366), no. 8 (‘William Van Romeyn’)
Denning 1859 S.P. Denning [assisted by the Rev Stephen Denning], ‘Catalogue of Pictures’ (MS, DPG archive; unfoliated; picture numbers up to no. 202), no. 8 (‘William van Romeyn’; ‘Landscape and Figures. Milking Time’

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001255528)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 0000343534)

Project: Gerson Digital : United Kingdom

External links: this artwork in Dulwich Picture Gallery
entry in Bergvelt/Jonker 2021
permanent link to Bergvelt/Jonker 2021

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Creation date: 2012-05-21; Last modified date: 2022-09-14

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