Provenance
Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam (1754 ); Hendrik de Wacker van Zon, Amsterdam(?) (1754-61 ); Hartman (1761-64 ); Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (-1952 ); Hendrikus Egbertus ten Cate, Oldenzaal (1952- ); C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf (1964 ); H.N. Bier, London; Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam (Lugt 2863a, not stamped); [his sale: H. de Leth, Amsterdam, 21 October 1754, p. 86, lot 25, sold to H. de Wacker van Zon for 11 florins and 5 cents] (according to type-witten note in department file which cites the sale cat.); Hendrik de Wacker van Zon, Amsterdam(?) (not in Lugt, not stamped); [his sale: H. de Leth, Amsterdam, 26 October 1761, p. 24, lot 254, sold to Hartman for 6 florins] (according to type-witten note in department file which cites the sale cat.); Hartman (unidentified collector). [sale, de Winter, Amsterdam, 19 November 1764]. [Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (Lugt 1272, not stamped)] (Catalogue: Exhibition of Ancient Art Belonging to the International Trade, exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1936, p. 43, cat. no. 174); Hendrikus Egbertus ten Cate, Oldenzaal (Lugt 533b, not stamped) (according to Schultz 1974, p. 69, cat. no. 132 sold by Houthakker to ten Cate in 1952, photocopy of cat. in department file). [C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf] (photocopy of cat. of 1-15 December 1964 in department file). [H.N. Bier, London]
Accession Number
1966.4
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and gray and brown wash; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.8 x 41.2 cm (9 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Delia E. Holden Fund
Tags
Drawing Baroque (1600–1750) Ink Dutch
Background & Context
Background Story
Lambert Doomer (1624-1700) was a Dutch painter known for his topographical landscapes that document the appearance of Dutch and French towns in the 17th century. View of Orleans from the Loire from c. 1670 depicts the French city of Orleans from across the Loire River in the precisely observed, topographical manner that distinguishes Doomer's best landscape views. The c. 1670 date places this in Doomer's most productive period, when he was producing the precisely observed landscape views of French and Dutch towns that are his most important works as a document of 17th-century urban landscape.
Cultural Impact
View of Orleans from the Loire is important in the history of Dutch landscape painting and in the documentation of 17th-century French urban landscape because it shows the appearance of Orleans before the major urban renovations of the 18th and 19th centuries. Doomer's precisely observed topographical views—recording the exact appearance of towns and cities in the 17th century—represent an important tradition of Dutch landscape painting that combines topographical accuracy with landscape art.
Why It Matters
View of Orleans from the Loire is Doomer's precisely observed topography: the French city of Orleans documented from across the Loire River with the exact topographical accuracy that makes his views important records of 17th-century urban landscape. The c. 1670 painting shows Orleans before the major urban renovations that would transform the city.
