Landscape, copy after John Vandervaart (Jan vander Vaart, 1647-1727) thumbnail 1
Landscape, copy after John Vandervaart (Jan vander Vaart, 1647-1727) thumbnail 2
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Landscape, copy after John Vandervaart (Jan vander Vaart, 1647-1727)

Gouache
1718 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Lens, Bernard (III, the Younger) (artist)
Van Der Vaardt, Jan (artist)
Place of origin
England (painted)

Gouache on vellum, miniature depicting a landscape with river and figures, in a black wooden frame possibly made by the artist. Signed and dated.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Paintings
Landscapes
SCRAN
Object type
Gouache
Titles
  • Landscape, copy after John Vandervaart (Jan vander Vaart, 1647-1727) (popular title)
  • Landscape with river and figures (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on vellum
Vellum
Gouache
Painting
Brief description
Gouache on vellum landscape miniature, a copy after John Vandervaart (Jan vander Vaart, 1647-1727), by Bernard Lens (1682-1740). Great Britain, 1718.
Physical description
Gouache on vellum, miniature depicting a landscape with river and figures, in a black wooden frame possibly made by the artist. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
  • Width: 19.9cm
  • Height: 10.25in
  • Width: 7.8125in
The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Style
Georgian
Marks and inscriptions
  • BL 1718 (Monogrammed and dated in gold in lower left hand corner)
  • John Vander Vart Invented / Bernard Lens Junior Fecit Londini / Feby : 8: 1718 (Inscribed on back of wood to which vellum is fixed)
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Stephenson Bequest
Subjects depicted
Landscapes
River
Figures
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
  • Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012 p.17, pl.6
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.1-1934

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Record createdJuly 10, 2003
Record URL
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