The so-called Boerenverdriet on the Spui in Amsterdam
Jan Ekels (I) [nl]
Item information
The so-called Boerenverdriet on the Spui in Amsterdam
SK-A-3475
Paintings
Rijksmuseum
Creation
Jan Ekels (I)
1750-1781 [nl]
Physical characteristics
Oil on canvas
40 x 48,5 cm
Reconstruction of provenance history
1946-01<> present day
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
1940<>1944
Lippmann Rosenthal Bank Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam
1928
: A.S. Drey (art dealer), Munich
:
: Witt Library fiche no. 11603
?<>1940
: Robert Heinrich May (collection), Huis ter Heide
:
: Museum archive R.May, list 12 november 1940 (as Stork)
1940 <>1944
: Lippmann Rosenthal Bank Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam [nl]
:
: Archief Museum R. May, lijst 12 november 1940 (als Stork) [nl]
1944
: Ministry of Education, Sciences and Cultural Conservation, The Hague
:
: Museum Archive R. May, Letter 22 June 1944, as Stork
1946-01
: Transfer to the museum from the Ministry of Education, Sciences and Cultural Conservation
:
: Inventory book
1946-01 <> heden
: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam [nl]
:
Current restitution status
No requests
Research findings
Since it is unclear when, where, and from whom May acquired this painting, and the fact that it was in Germany in 1928, its provenance is uncertain.
The Ministry of Education, Sciences, and Cultural Conservation acquired the work in 1944, and the purchase of this painting by Ekels was definitively registered in the inventory book of the Rijksmuseum in 1946. The object was in custody of the Rijksmuseum since 1942. As appears from a document dated 9 April 1946 in the museum's archive, Robert May stated that he agreed to the sale of his collection to the Dutch State during the occupation, and the conditions under which this took place.
