Johannes Rutten artwork • painting • previously for sale View of the Grote Markt, with the St. Bavokerk, the Vleeshal and the Nieuwe Kerk, Haarlem
Johannes Rutten
Dordrecht 1809-1884
1809-1884
View of the Grote Markt, with the St. Bavokerk, the Vleeshal and the Nieuwe Kerk, Haarlem
oil on panel 70.1 x 61.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '57
This painting was previously for sale.
Johannes Rutten made a name for himself as a painter and draftsman of accurately elaborated, topographically correct cityscapes and church interiors. His birthplace Dordrecht was his main source of inspiration: Rutten has captured all parts of the city in more than 800 drawings and watercoloors. But also iconic locations in other Dutch cities, and occasionally even in a foreign place, were immortalized by him. Rutten was taught by the well-known Abraham van Strij (1753-1826), his brother-in-law and descendant of an extensive and renowned Dordrecht family of painters. Johannes Rutten was a draftsman at the Pictura Drawing Society in Dordrecht.