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Portrait of Edwin vom Rath’s Pug; Portret van de mopshond van Edwin vom Rath

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Date

c.1880-c.1895

Artist

Conradijn Cunaeus (1828-1895)

Collection

Image Link

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-1941-89

Description

After his parents died, the unmarried and childless Edwin vom Rath stayed on alone in the vast family house on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. His only company was his pug, here portrayed by the dog painter Conradijn Cunaeus. Vom Rath used the fortune his family had amassed in trading and processing cane sugar to buy art and to support a variety of cultural institutions.; Na de dood van zijn ouders bleef de ongehuwde en kinderloze Edwin vom Rath alleen achter in het grote familiehuis aan de Herengracht in Amsterdam. Zijn mopshond, hier verbeeld door de hondenschilder Conradijn Cunaeus, was zijn enige gezelschap. Met het fortuin dat zijn familie met de handel en verwerking van rietsuiker had verdiend, kocht Vom Rath kunst en investeerde in allerlei culturele instellingen.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy Rijksmuseum

Location

Gouden Bocht, Herengracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Portraits
Interiors
Dogs

Category

Glossary
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