Artwork
Landscape with Cottages on the Heath
Landscape with Cottages on the Heath is an oil painting by the Barbizon school artist Remigius Adrianus Haanen. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
About this work
Technique & Style
The piece is classified within the landscape genre, utilizing the traditional medium of oil paint to render the natural environment.
Created in 1850, Landscape with Cottages on the Heath is an oil painting executed on a canvas support. The work measures 32 cm in height and 54.5 cm in width. As a landscape painting, the composition depicts a rural scene featuring trees and cottages situated on a heath.
The piece is classified within the landscape genre, utilizing the traditional medium of oil paint to render the natural environment.
History & Provenance
Landscape with Cottages on the Heath is an oil painting on canvas created in 1850 by Remigius Adrianus Haanen. The work measures 54.5 cm in width and 32 cm in height. It entered the collection of the Rijksmuseum as part of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection. The painting was produced in the Netherlands during the mid-nineteenth century and exemplifies the Dutch landscape genre.
The canvas depicts a rural scene featuring a solitary tree amid open heathland and modest cottages. Its creation history is documented through the artist’s dated output, and it has remained in institutional custody since its acquisition, currently housed in the Rijksmuseum’s permanent collection.
Landscape with Cottages on the Heath is held by the Rijksmuseum, where it forms part of the museum's collection and is also associated with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection. The painting, an oil on canvas work by Remigius Adrianus Haanen dated 1850, is recorded in the Rijksmuseum's holdings. No specific inventory or accession number is provided in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
The work measures 32 cm in height by 54.5 cm in width, consistent with a modest cabinet-scale landscape.
Overview
Created circa 1850, Landscape with Cottages on the Heath is an oil painting on canvas by Dutch artist Remigius Adrianus Haanen. Executed in the manner of the Barbizon School, the work presents a quiet rural tableau that now belongs to the Rijksmuseum’s collection.
Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on a modest heath dotted with two thatched, timber cottages framed by a cluster of trees and low shrubbery. A solitary, larger tree dominates the foreground, while a muted, cloud‑filled sky hovers above, emphasizing the stillness of the environment and the isolation of the dwellings within a natural setting.
Artist & collection
Artist
Remigius Adrianus Haanen or Remigius (Remy) van Haanen, (January 5, 1812, Oosterhout - August 13, 1894, Bad Aussee) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
