Roelof Jansz van Vries or Roelof van Vries (1631,
Haarlem – 1681/1701,
Amsterdam )
[1] was a Dutch
painter of the
Dutch Golden Age . Known for his landscapes, his works can be seen at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art , the
Rijksmuseum , the
National Gallery , etc.
Biography
Roelof van Vries was born in
1631 in
Haarlem (
Netherlands ) where he later studied. He is possibly the son of Jacob Roelofsz de Vries
[2] (who was 18 years old in December
1626 in
Haarlem ). The date of his first known work shows that he became a painter around
1652 (he is often considered to be the same person then Roelandt van Vries who became a member of the
Guild of Saint Luke of
Leiden in 1653).
He was enrolled in the
Guild of Saint Luke of
Haarlem in 1657. We find him in Amsterdam in 1659, from where he never moved.
[3] On October 11, 1659, he published the banns of his marriage with Marytje Adriaens, from Haarlem, and married her in
Amsterdam in 1659, at the age of 28. His wedding witness is the painter
Reynier Hals , son of the painter
Frans Hals .
He died in
Amsterdam between 1681 and 1701. The precise date of his death is not known. We only know that the register of the
Guild of Saint Luke of
Amsterdam , kept by
Vincent van der Vinne , mentions him as dead in 1702.
His work
Stylistically close to
Jacob van Ruisdael , he also shows influences from
Gillis Rombouts and
Cornelis Decker ,
[4] which all worked in Haarlem. Van Vries concentrated on landscapes, in which the figures often came from the hands of other painters such as
Adriaen van de Velde and
Johannes Lingelbach .
[5]
Close to the landscape painter
Jacob Van Ruisdael , Van Vries was very early appreciated in
France
[3] and the painter
Charles Le Brun had one of his works.
[3]
Roelof van Vries is often recognized by his way of very carefully painting walls and foliage, adorning them with small golden dots,
[3] such as
Meindert Hobbema and
Klaes Molenaer .
[3]
Van Vries rubbed shoulders with the painters
Egbert van Heemskerk II , Leendert de Laeff,
Pieter Nijs ,
Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff ,
Johan Hackaert and
Aernout van der Neer
[6]
Works
The Pigeon House ,
[7]
New York City ,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Landscape with a Falconer ,
[8]
Rijksmuseum ,
Amsterdam
View of a village ,
[9]
National Gallery ,
London
Village on the banks of a river ,
[10]
Philadelphia Museum of Art ,
Philadelphia .
A farm and its outbuildings in the dunes ,
[11]
Bredius Museum ,
The Hague .
Peasant huts in a wood
[12] ,
Städel Museum ,
Frankfurt
Wooded landscape with a river ,
[13]
museum of Fine Arts ,
Budapest
Landscape with a tower
[14]
Dulwich Picture Gallery ,
London
A tower by a river ,
[15]
Fitzwilliam Museum ,
Cambridge .
River in a Village ,
[16]
Holburne Museum ,
Somerset
Travelers at the Edge of a Village ,
[17]
Birmingham Museums Trust ,
Birmingham
A Path leading through a Wood with Figures ,
[18]
Ashmolean Museum ,
Oxford
Boat near a ruin
[1] ,
Collection Dumez ,
Château de Compiègne .
Construction of a tower by a canal ,
[19]
Nationalmuseum ,
Stockholm .
Landscape with Ruins and a River ,
[20]
Bowes Museum ,
Durham .
Travelers among ruins
[21] ,
King John's Palace Museum III ,
Warsaw .
Ruin of a castle ,
[22]
Nationalmuseum ,
Stockholm .
Gallery
Landscape with a falconer ,
Rijksmuseum ,
Amsterdam .
A View of a Village ,
National Gallery ,
London .
Boerenhoeves in de duinen ,
Bredius Museum ,
The Hague .
Peasant Huts in a Wood,
Städel Museum ,
Frankfurt .
A Tower beside a River ,
Fitzwilliam Museum ,
Cambridge .
Wooded landscape with a river ,
Museum of Fine Arts ,
Budapest .
Travelers at the Edge of a Village ,
Birmingham Museums Trust .
References
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Roelof van Vries on the dutch web site RKD
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Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD)
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a
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e Larousse, Éditions.
"Larousse, " Dictionnaire de la peinture " " . www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"Roelof Jansz. van Vries" . Musée Städel, Francfort . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"Roelof Jansz. van Vries" . Musée Städel, Francfort . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History
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"Roelof van Vries - The Pigeon House" . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . .
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Work by Roelof Jansz van Vries at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
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Work by Roelof Jansz van Vries at the National Gallery , National Gallery, London
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"Roelof Jansz. van Vries" . rkd.nl . Retrieved 2023-04-29 . .
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"Musée Brandius" . musée Bredius (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"Roelof Jansz. van Vries" . Musée Städel, Francfort . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"Artworks" . Musée des Beaux-Arts de Budapest . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"Dulwich Picture Gallery, Londres" . www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge" . The Fitzwilliam Museum . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
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"River Scene in a Village" . artuk.org . Retrieved 2023-04-29 . .
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"Travellers at the Edge of a Village" . artuk.org . Retrieved 2023-04-29 . .
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"A Path leading through a Wood with Figures" . artuk.org . Retrieved 2023-04-29 . .
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https://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=17694&viewType=detailView#:~:text=https%3A//collection.nationalmuseum.se%3A443/eMP/eMuseumPlus%3Fservice%3DExternalInterface%26module%3Dcollection%26objectId%3D17694%26viewType%3DdetailView
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"Landscape with Ruins and a River | Art UK" . artuk.org . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
^ www.wilanow-palac.pl, Musée du Palais du Roi Jean III, Varsovie.
"Travelers among ruins" . {{
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"Stale Session" . collection.nationalmuseum.se . Retrieved 2023-04-29 .
External links
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yorg
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
[2]
National Gallery, London
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Museum Bredius, The Hague
Château de Compiègne, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Holburne Museum, Somerset
Travellers at the edge of a village Birmingham Museums Trust
Bowes Museum, Durham
Musée du Palais du Roi Jean III, Varsovie
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
Van Vries on Artnet
Benezit (1939 edition)
International National Artists People