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Summary

Jan Asselijn: The Threatened Swan  wikidata:Q17319634 reasonator:Q17319634
Artist
Jan Asselijn  (circa 1600/1616–1652)  wikidata:Q541976 s:nl:Hoofdportaal:Beeldende kunst/Schilderkunst/Nederland/Barok en Rococo/Jan Asselijn
 
Jan Asselijn
Alternative names
Jan Asselein, Janus Asselijn, Jan Asselin, Jean Asselin, Jan Asselyn, Crabbetje, Krabbetje
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1600–1616 3 October 1652 (buried)
Location of birth/death Dieppe or Diemen Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1634 until 1652
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1634-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Amsterdam (1621–1635), France (1635), Rome (circa 1635–1644), Lyon (1644–1645), Paris (1646), Amsterdam (1647–1652)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q541976
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Threatened Swan Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Threatened Swan Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Threatened Swan Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"El cisne amenazado"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Cygne menacé"
label QS:Last,"El cisne amenaciáu"
label QS:Lde,"Der bedrohte Schwan"
label QS:Len-gb,"The Threatened Swan"
label QS:Lhy,"Վախեցած կարապը"
label QS:Lbg,"Застрашен лебед"
label QS:Lda,"Den truede svane"
label QS:Lro,"Lebăda amenințată"
label QS:Lja,"威嚇する白鳥"
label QS:Lpt-br,"O Cisne Ameaçado"
label QS:Lsv,"Den hotade svanen"
label QS:Lpl,"Spłoszony łabędź"
label QS:Lnb,"Den truede svane"
label QS:Lnl,"De bedreigde zwaan"
label QS:Lit,"Il cigno minacciato"
label QS:Lel,"Ο Απειλούμενος Κύκνος"
label QS:Lnn,"Den truede svanen"
label QS:Lru,"Испуганный лебедь"
label QS:Len-ca,"The Threatened Swan"
label QS:Lca,"El cigne amenaçat"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre animal art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
A swan protects her nest against a dog. The scene was later turned into a political allegory by refering to the swan as Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, protecting Holland against the Enemy.
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 144 cm (56.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 171 cm (67.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+144U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+171U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Accession number
SK-A-4 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Northern Netherlands (?)
Object history

1784: sale of the collection of Jean Deutz at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam (?)

11 June 1800 sqq.: purchased by Nationale Konst-Galerij, The Hague, at the sale of the collection of J. Gildemeester Jzn. at Philippus van der Schley, Jan de Bosch Jeronimuszn., Jan Yver, Cornelis Sebille Roos and Roelof Meurs Pruyssenaar, Amsterdam, lot no. 2, for NLG 95

1808: transferred to the Nationaal Museum, Amsterdam

1808: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Exhibition history
Inscriptions

Monogram bottom right:

JA

bottom center:

DE RAAD=PENSIONARIS

Added later

bottom right:

HOLLAND

Added later

bottom left:

DE VIAND VAN DE STAAT

Added later
References
Source/Photographer www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info
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The Threatened Swan, c. 1650, Jan Asselijn, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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