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Object category

painting

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.

fragment, part of a decoration scheme

Govert Flinck, Reeks decoratieschilderingen voor de galerijen rond de burgerzaal in het voormalig stadhuis te Amsterdam

The actual painting is a fragment of Rembrandt's painting, which was meant as part of a series of paintings for the galleries around the Burgerzaal in the former town hall in Amsterdam, but was replaced by a painting by Govert Flinck and Jurriaen Ovens.

Support/medium

canvas, oil paint
painted on canvas with a herringbone weave (Nordenfalk 1982, p. 30); the painting was transferred to a new canvas in the 1780s (Nordenfalk 1982, p. 11-12).

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 196 x 309 cm
original measurements c. 550 x 550 cm; It is not known when and by whom the painting was cut down in size. It has been assumed that this was done by Rembrandt himself (Neumann 1918, p. 5-70; Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, p. 409).

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

unsigned, undated

Current attribution: Rembrandt

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.: 1661-1662 (1661 - 1662)

After the death of Govert Flinck in 1660, who first got the commission, Rembrandt was asked to make a painting for the town hall on the Dam in Amsterdam. R. In 1662 the painting was mentioned in situ by Fokkens. It must have been removed soon after Fokkens saw it, because on September, 24 1662 Rembrandt's painting was replaced by a temporary painting by Govert Flinck, which had been reworked by Jurriaen Ovens (Strauss/Van der Meulen 1979, 1661/13, 1662/6, 1662/15; Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, p. 409).

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De samenzwering van de batavieren onder Claudius Civilis
English title: The conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis
Keywords: history (as a genre), history (as a genre), national history, Batavian, loyalty oath, meal, sword, crown, fragment
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 98B(CIVILIS)51
the oath of Julius Claudius Civilis: during a meal he induces his people to revolt against the Romans

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

Provenance

Collection(s)

Stadhuis Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Nowadays Royal Palace Amsterdam
1661 - 1662
private collection Nicolaas Cohl, Amsterdam
Stockholm 1958, p. 163, no. 578
1734-08-10 - 1751 bought at auction in 1734 for 60 guilder
private collection Sophia Grill, Amsterdam
1751 - 1766 probably by descent from her husband Nicolaas Cohl (Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, p. 408)
private collection Anna Johanna Grill, Stockholm
Anna Johanna Grill was married to Henrik Wilhelm Peil (1730-1797)
1766 - probably by descent from Sophia Grill (Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, p. 408); Prior to 1780 the painting was deposited in the Royal Swedish academy of fine arts. In 1785 the painting was transferred to the royal palace (Nordenfalk 1982, p. 11; Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, p. 408).
public collection Royal Swedish academy of fine arts (Stockholm), Stockholm
gift from Anna Johanna Peill (née Grill)
1798 -
Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Stockholm , inv./cat.nr NM 578
1864 - On loan from the Royal Swedish academy of fine arts since 1864 (Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005, p. 408). In a exhibition catalogue of 2014 it is mentioned that the painting is in the Nationalmuseum since 1804 (Bikker/Schapelhouman/Krekeler 2014, online supplement p. 15).

Auction(s)

Beukelaar, Daniel Adrianus (Amsterdam) 1734-08-10, lotnr. 17
Name buyer : Nicolaas Cohl , 60 gulden

according to an annotation in a copy of the sale catalogue (original Amsterdam City Archives according to a note enclosed with a photo-copy of the catalogue at the RKD, The Hague) , "Een kapitale dito [stuk], verbeeldende de samensweering der oude Batavieren, in ’t Heilig of Schaker Bos, daar Claudius Civilus de voornaamste Edele op een gastmaal nodigt, van denselven [Rembrand an Rhyn]" (photo-copy auction catalogue, RKD, The Hague)

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Amsterdam in den loop der eeuwen Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam , 1925-07-03 - 1925-09-15 , cat. no. 455
För Rembrandts land Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm , 1945-01 - 1945-02 , cat. no. 37
Rembrandt : sextiosex bilder från utställningen i nationaluseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm , 1956-01-12 - 1956-04-15 , cat. no. 47
Holländska mästare i Svensk ägo Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm , 1967-03-03 - 1967-04-30 , cat. no. 132
Rembrandt 1669/1969 [Amsterdam 1969] Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam , 1969-09-13 - 1969-11-30 , cat. no. 21
Rembrandt och hans tid : människan i centrum = Rembrandt and his age : focus on man Nationalmuseum Stockholm , Stockholm , 1992-10-02 - 1993-01-06 , cat. no. 60
Rembrandt : the late works National Gallery [London] , London (England) , 2014-10-15 - 2015-01-18 , cat. no. 72
Late Rembrandt Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam , 2015-02-12 - 2015-05-17 , cat. no. 72

Literature

Roever 1891 , p. 297-306
Roever 1892 , p. 137-146
Rosenberg/Valentiner 1909 , p. 465
Göthe 1910 , p. 285-286, no. 578
Granberg 1911-1913 , vol. 2 (1912), no. 350
Kruse 1912 , p. 28-33
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 6 (1915), no. 225
Neumann 1918 , 5-70
Amsterdam 1925 , no. 455
Bauch 1925 , p. 223-236
Schneider 1925 , p. 216-217
Six 1925 , p. 181-189
Weisbach 1926 , p. 466-473
Schmidt-Degener 1928 , p. 31-34
Stockholm 1928 , p. 122-123
Bredius 1935 , no. 482
Martin 1936 , p. 88-90
Noach 1939 , p. 145-157
Van de Waal 1939 , p. 57-61
Stockholm 1945 , no. 37
Hamann 1948 , p. 405-406
Van de Waal 1952 , p. 224-226, 232-233, 237-238
Slive 1953 , p. 77-80
Ankarswärd 1956 , p. 69-70
Bille 1956A , p. 54-59
Bille 1956B , p. 25-30
Borg 1956
Bruyn 1956 , p. 49-54
Luttervelt 1956 , p. 7
Müller Hofstede 1956A , p. 42-55
Münz 1956 , p. 58-69
Nordenfalk 1956 , no. 47
Nordenfalk 1956A , p. 71-93
Nordenfalk 1956B , p. 30-38
Van Schendel 1956B , p. 38-42
Van de Waal 1956A , p. 11-25
Stockholm 1958 , p. 163, no. 578
Goldscheider 1960 , p. 183, no. 110
Marx 1960 , p. 323-324
Gantner 1964 , p. 165-174
White 1964A , p. 121
Bauch 1966 , no. 108
Grate 1967 , no. 132
Gerson 1968 , no. 354
Haak 1968 , no. 511
Wallace 1968 , p. 126-129
Bredius/Gerson 1969 , no. 482
Van Eeghen 1969A , p. 145-149
Haak 1969 , p. 136-148
Kitson 1969A , no. 43
Van Thiel 1969 , no. 21
Lecaldano/Arpino 1969 , no. 415
Sutton 1969 , p. 424-425
Bergström 1970 , p. 2-7
Nash 1972 , p. 156-157
Simson/Kelch 1973 , p. 12-30, 31-43
Buchbinder-Green [1974] , p. 181-235
Van de Waal 1974 , p. 28-36
Blankert 1975A , p. 27
Bolten/Bolten-Rempt 1978 , no. 527
Clark 1978 , p. 60-61
Fuchs 1978 , p. 70
Millner Kahr 1978 , p. 146-148
Strauss/Van der Meulen 1979 , 1661/13, 1662/6, 1662/15
Nordenfalk 1982
Schwartz 1985 , p. 318-320
Carroll 1986 , p. 10-35
Guillaud/Guillaud 1986 , p. 46-48
Tümpel 1986 , no. 101
Mee 1988 , p. 285-294
Stockholm 1990 , p. 287
Cavalli-Björkman et al. 1992 , no. 60
Slatkes 1992 , no. 99
Cavalli-Björkman 1993 , p. 14-30
Blankert/Blokhuis 1997 , p. 28, 168, 208
Citroen 1998 , p. 73-76
Beheydt 2002 , p. 163
Blankert 2004 , p. 65-67
Franken 2004 , p. 75-82
Cavalli-Björkman/Fryns/Sidén 2005 , no. 418
Roscam Abbing 2006A , p. 31-56
Zwaag et al. 2011 , p. 6-7, 10-11, 20-25
Van Hout 2012 , p. 126-129
De Robelin 2012 , p. 121-126
Bikker/Schapelhouman/Krekeler 2014 , no. 72 , online edn, www.nationalgallery.org.uk/rembrandt/the_late_works/supplement, p. 15
Büttner 2014 , p. 185
Rutgers/Rijnders 2014 , p. 42-43, 202, 297
Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings 1982-2015 , vol. 6 (2015), no. 298
Weststeijn 2015 , p. 100-101, 134
Rumberg/Bevers 2016 , p. 52
De Vries 2016 , p. 134-136
Göttler/Dupré 2017 , p. 253, ill. 8.12

D.S. Meldrum, Rembrandt's painting : with an essay on his life and work, New York 1923, p. 141, 202, no. 415
K.E. Steneberg, 'Röntgenografien i tavelforskningens tjänst', Tidskrift för konstvetenskap, vol. 17 (1933), p. 1–15
J. Blanc, ‘Rembrandt and the historical construction of his Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis’, in L. Cruz and W. Frijhoff (eds.), Myth in History, History in Myth, Leiden 2009, pp. 237–53

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001199206)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0001115442)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0001114940)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0001114939)
, Original location BD/RKD/0550 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature: Rembrandt and School (img.nr. 0001114938)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001199210)

Project: The Rembrandt Database

Technical documentation

The RKD manages a collection of technical documentation that has been given to us by external researchers and museums or which stems from the RKD's own research with infrared reflectography. Documentation can be accessed by appointment at the RKD. While not all technical documentation has been entered in the database at present, new data is added on a regular basis.

7 hits in RKD technical, relating to:

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cross-section RCE4510, 1992 3 hits
textile (table)
cross-section no. museum: 1; taken by a conservator of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm
cross-section RCE4511, 1992 3 hits
background (upper right)
cross-section no. museum: 5; taken by a conservator of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm

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Entered on: 2003-01-07; Last modification: 2018-05-09

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