Jan Asselijn, A Coastal Ruin in Italy
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt · Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamView original →
Jan Asselijn

A Coastal Ruin in Italy

1640 - 1652

Current Collection

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium
panel
Dimensions
54.5 × 48 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-108192

A favourite motif of the Italianates was a small harbour on the Mediterranean Sea with a crumbling quay and a ruin. At right are an African man and a couple of Turkish traders. At the left, a man in northern European clothing gestures out to sea. Overseas trade stimulated an interest for such scenes among Dutch collectors, even though the views were imaginary.

Provenance

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Registry history

  • 1640 - 1652 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum

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