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Artists›Herman van Swanevelt

Herman van Swanevelt

Spanish Netherlands, 1603–1655

WA-00023361

PrintmakingBaroque

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

134

Works in Collection

176

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ875164

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (1)

Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875164
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Baroque

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (134)

Pan and Syrinx

1773 · etching

National Gallery of Art

WattsOS

A Land Storm

1700 · Pen and gray ink with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on card

21.7 × 31.3 cm (8 9/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verhaal van Adonis

1654 · etching on paper

height: 240 cm, width: 336 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Cave

1652 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Donkey Led to the River

1652 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Flight into Egypt

1652 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Large Tree and the Cascade

1652 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Little Angels on the Hill

1652 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

Antique Ruins of an Amphitheater

1650 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

27.6 × 17.6 cm (10 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape

1635 · pen

overall: 27.2 x 41.3 cm (10 11/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Travelers

1634 · oil paint

Framed: 98 x 119 x 9 cm (38 9/16 x 46 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 75 x 94.8 cm (29 1/2 x 37 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landschap met de doop van de kamerling

1630 · pen on ink, paper

height: 201 cm, width: 317 cm

Rijksmuseum

Titelblad en twaalf gezichten op Rome

1629 · etching on paper

width: 144 cm, height: 95 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mercurius legt Battus het zwijgen op

1629 · etching on paper

width: 269 cm, height: 197 cm

Rijksmuseum

De Porta Pinciana te Rome

1629 · brush on graphite (mineral), chalk, paper

height: 206 cm, width: 272 cm

Rijksmuseum

Oudtestamentische voorstellingen

1629 · etching on paper

height: 239 cm, width: 316 cm

Rijksmuseum

Sater bespeelt een panfluit

1623 · etching on paper

width: 83 cm, height: 64 cm

Rijksmuseum

WattsOS

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1623 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

sheet: 8 5/16 x 10 15/16 in. (21.1 x 27.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Penitents: St. Jerome in the Desert

1620 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

Mercury Turning Battus to Stone

1620 · Etching

sheet: 7 13/16 x 10 1/2 in. (19.9 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

WattsOS

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers by the Roadside, a Stream beyond

1605 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, framing line in black ink

sheet: 6 7/16 x 10 11/16 in. (16.4 x 27.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Paul and Saint Anthony by the Entrance to the Cave

1600 · etching on laid paper

sheet: 25.1 x 33 cm (9 7/8 x 13 in.) (cut within platemark) mount: 26.2 x 33.9 cm (10 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Repentant Magdalene in a Landscape

1600 · etching on laid paper

plate: 25.2 x 32.7 cm (9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.) sheet: 26.7 x 34.1 cm (10 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Landscape with a Great Tree

1600 · graphite

sheet: 4.9 x 7.5 cm (1 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

134 published of 154 catalogued · 149 with image

Nga
112 published112 img
Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
The Met
5 published1 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 20 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

31 entries · 2 sources

Landscape with Travelers
1634 · Cleveland · 6 prov
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Landscape
1635 · Nga · 5 prov
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A Landscape with a Great Tree
1600 · Nga · 4 prov
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Pool at the Edge of a Wood
1600 · Nga · 4 prov
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Two Figures Seated to the Right of a Road
1600 · Nga · 2 prov
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The Rocks
1600 · Nga · 2 prov
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The Large Round Tower
1600 · Nga · 2 prov
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The Large Tree
1600 · Nga · 2 prov
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Man and Woman at the Mouth of a Cave
1600 · Nga · 2 prov
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Title Page
1600 · Nga · 2 prov
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Record

Images

22 assets

Gebouw met een vierkante toren (1629 - 1655)

Rijksmuseum

Titelblad en twaalf gezichten op Rome (1629 - 1655)

Rijksmuseum

Sater bespeelt een panfluit (1623 - 1655)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Oudtestamentische voorstellingen (1629 - 1641)

Rijksmuseum

Landschap met de doop van de kamerling (1630 - 1639)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Smithsonian Institution

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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