Gefantaseerd rivierlandschap met de kapel van het Sint Agnietenklooster te Utrecht
<p><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">At first glance, this painting looks like southern Europe, but if you look closer, you will recognise the chapel of St. Agnes’ convent in Utrecht, amid a fantasy Rhine landscape. Herman Saftleven, who lived much of his life in Utrecht, enjoyed travelling along the Rhine and Moselle rivers. He combined his impressions with buildings from his hometown, to alienating effect. Today, St. Agnes’ chapel is part of Centraal Museum. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">[text 2023]</span></p>
At first glance, this painting looks like southern Europe, but if you look closer, you will recognise the chapel of St. Agnes’ convent in Utrecht, amid a fantasy Rhine landscape. Herman Saftleven, who lived much of his life in Utrecht, enjoyed travelling along the Rhine and Moselle rivers. He combined his impressions with buildings from his hometown, to alienating effect. Today, St. Agnes’ chapel is part of Centraal Museum. [text 2023]
Now in the museum in Collectie Centraal
Title
Gefantaseerd rivierlandschap met de kapel van het Sint Agnietenklooster te Utrecht
Sedert 1921 maakt de Agnietenkapel onderdeel uit van het gebouwencomplex van het Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
Documentation
De Utrechtse schilder Herman Saftleven en "an extensive Rhineland view..." uit 1669, J.A.L. de Meyere, (Maandblad van Oud-Utrecht, 4; 63, 1990-04), 33-40, p. 33-40; afb. 1 op p. 34
Masters of Utrecht : 17-19th Century Paintings from the Collection of Centraal Museum Utrecht, projectteam Sjarel Ex ... [et al.] ; authors Marja Bosma, Jos de Meyere, (Nagasaki, 1994), p. 43, afb. 51 op p. 35
