Boys flying Kites
probably Justus de Gelder
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670 - 1675
Materials
Oil on oak panel
Measurements
444 x 343 mm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446734
Summary
Oil painting on panel (oak), Boys flying Kites, probably by Justus de Gelder (Dordrecht 1650 – Vianen 1707), c.1670-75. A polder landscape with, left, a group of three boys, two seated on the ground, one of whom has his back to the spectator and is flying a kite; the third stands between them holding a kite, another boy is running past the group, also flying a kite with distinctive heraldic markings, (also visible on that on the left); from top to bottom, red, white and green stripes, with a red star on the white and a white star on the green; on the right yellow irises are in flower, on the top of one still in bud a huge green dragonfly has alighted.
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
probably Justus de Gelder, artist previously catalogued as by Godfried Schalcken (Made, near Dordrecht, 1643 - The Hague 1706) or Nicolas Maes (Dordrecht 1634 – Amsterdam 1693) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Godfried Schalcken (Made, near Dordrecht, 1643 - The Hague 1706), artist previously catalogued as possibly Dutch (Dordrecht) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Nicolas Maes (Dordrecht 1634 – Amsterdam 1693), artist
Exhibition history
The Art of Upbringing, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2013, no.7 In Trust for the Nation, National Gallery, London, 1995 - 1996, no.69 The Bearsted Collection, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1955, no.37
References
Sumowski 1983-1990 Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau/Pfalz, 5 vols 1983-1990, vol. 3 [1983], No. 1365, p. 2021 & pl. p. 2091 Behermann 1988 Thierry Behermann, Godfried Schalcken, 1988, pp. 346-7, No. 296 In Trust for the Nation: Paintings from National Trust Houses (exh cat) (Alastair Laing) The National Gallery, London, 22 November 1995 - 10 March 1996, no. 69 Krempel 2000 Léon Krempel, Studien zu den datieren Gemälden der Nicolaes Maes, 2000 , Kat.-Nr. F6, p.367 & fig.437 (The Art of Upbringing) De Kunst van het Opvoeden (exh cat) Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 27 April - 15 September 2013, no. 7, pp. 82 Prized Possessions: Dutch Paintings from National Trust Houses (exh. cat.), Holburne Museum, Bath 25 May - 16 Sep 2018; Mauritshuis, The Hague, 11 Oct 2018 - 6 Jan 2019; Petworth House, West Sussex, 26 Jan - 24 Mar 2019., p. 23
