Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Bosgezicht
Gift of C.C.A., Baron du Bois de Ferrières, Cheltenham · Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek

Bosgezicht

1848

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
canvas
Dimensions
136 × 160 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-107986

Of all Dutch landscape painters, Koekkoek is perhaps the most Romantic. He specialized in splendid panora-mas of the valley of the Rhine and forest scenes with majestic trees, which at the time were called ‘Wodan’s Oaks’ (Wodan being the Dutch name for Odin, the major god in Norse mythology). In 1834 Koekkoek settled in Cleves in Germany, over the border from Nijmegen. He found German scenery, with its hills and the Rhine, more romantic than the Dutch landscape.

Provenance

Gift of C.C.A., Baron du Bois de Ferrières, Cheltenham

Registry history

  • 1848 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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