It is difficult to find the provenance of European artwork on the website of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). However by searching the excellent RKD site one can find the ownership history of at least a few artworks.
Provenances of some artworks in the RISD collection published on RKD
| Source Url | Artist | Title | Provenance |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134207 | Joseph Paelinck | Portrait of King Willem I (1772-1843) | private collection Henry H. Howorth (Sir), London;- 1923;art dealer Appleby Bros., London;- 1956;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56 090A;1956 -;Veiling(en);Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1923-12-14, lotnr. 38 |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134208 | Joseph Paelinck | Portrait of Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837), Queen of the Netherlands | private collection Henry H. Howorth (Sir), London;- 1923 auctioned at Christie's London 14-12-1923;art dealer Appleby Bros., London;- 1956;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56 090 B;1956 -;Veiling(en);Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1923-12-14, lotnr. 38 |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/16999 | Balthasar Flessiers | Portrait of Eva Vliegen (1575-1626) | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island) |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/20240 | Jan Mostaert | Portrait of een vrouw (op de achterzijde: wapenschild met helm en helmteken) | art dealer;Londen (Engeland), als trant van Joos van Cleve/Jan Gossaert;1934 - gesignaleerd;E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York City;1945-12 - door M.J. Friedländer gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island) |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/20343 | Jan Mostaert | art dealer;Londen (Engeland), als trant van Joos van Cleve/Jan Gossaert;1934 - gesignaleerd;E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York City;1945 - gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island) | |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/216964 | Jacob van Ruisdael | Waterfall in a mountainous landscape with a wooden bridge | art dealer or private collection Alexis Joseph Febvre, Paris;- 1882-04-17 geveild op 17-20 april 1882;private collection August de Ridder, Schönberg (Kronberg im Taunus);- 1911;art dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris/New York;1911 - ca. 1911;private collection Carl von Hollitscher, Berlin;private collection Adolphe Schloss, Paris;Inc. Schaeffer Galleries, New York City/Berlin;vóór 1948;private collection Manton B. en Rowe Metcalf, United States;- 1948;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island);schenking van Manton B. Metcalf en Rowe Metcalf in 1948;1948 -;Veiling(en);Exp.: George, Le Roy, Mannheim C. P.: Lechat, Chevallier (Paris) 1882-04-17 - 1882-04-20, lotnr. 82;Inbrenger Alexis Joseph Febure, voor deze veiling in prent gebracht door Gustave Greux |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/217412 | Jean Hélion | Balance | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island) |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/250535 | Karel Dujardin | Shepherd washing his feet, cattle in a meadow | art dealer Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Paris;ca. 1777 -;private collection Charles René Dominique Sochet Destouches, Paris;ca. 1792 - 1794;private collection Koucheleff-Besborodko, Sint Petersburg (Rusland);- 1800;private collection S.S. Joseph, London;ca. 1900 -;M. Knoedler & Co., New York City (United States)/London (England)/Paris (France);Londen, inv. nr. 5008;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 20.230;Virginia W. Hoppin;1920 -;Veiling(en);Julliot, C.F. (Paris) 1777-02-27 - 1777-03-25, lotnr. 149;Inbrenger Randon de Boisset;Naam koper: Donjeu, 4410 ffr, verkocht samen met pendant, cat. nr. 66 (Kilian 2005);Lebrun (jr) (Paris) 1794-03-21, lotnr. 128;Inbrenger Destouches;Naam koper: Vauttier, 800 ffr, verkocht samen met pendant, cat. nr. 62 (Kilian 2005);Exp.: Durand-Ruel, C. P.: Boussaton, Pillet (Paris) 1869-06-05, lotnr. 17;Inbrenger Koucheleff-Besborodko;Naam koper: Buisseret, 19000 ffr;Le Roy (Brussels) 1891-04-29 - 1891-04-30, lotnr. 56;Inbrenger Buisseret;Naam koper: Colnaghi, 24500 BEF |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/257892 | Adriaen van der Werff | The banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:16-21) | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 59.063;Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/264911 | Anton Mirou | Portrait of a painter in front of his landscape painting | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 39.046;as by Paul Bril, Self-Portrait;1939 -;Veiling(en);Muller, Frederik (Amsterdam) 1938-11-15, afb. zwart-witreproductie, lotnr. 14, as by Paul Bril |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/283863 | Jheronimus Bosch | Monsters | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 51.069 |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/293983 | Giovanni del Campo | The flagellation of Christ | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56.037;Museum Works of Art Fund |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/3751 | Arent de Gelder | Ester and Mordecai write the second Purim-letter (Esther 9:29-32) | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 17.138;1917 - |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/52516 | Rogier van der Weyden | Portrait of a man with his hands folded | Galerie Dr. Schäffer, Berlin;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / holl. Privatbes. / durch Schäffer / VII.36';private collection Tietje, Amsterdam;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / holl. Privatbes. / durch Schäffer / VII.36';1936 - door M.J. Friedländer gesignaleerd: 1936-07;art dealer or private collection Lippmann;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / [...? moeilijk leesbaar handschrift] Lippmann / [Wulfl? moeilijk leesbaar handschrift];Private collection;New York City, volgens opgave De Tolnay 1944 (zie bij literatuur);1944 - gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island);volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Providence / School of Design.;1945 -;Veiling(en);Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1925-06-17, lotnr. 247, afb. zwart-witreproductie;7700;geannoteerd exemplaar veilingcatalogus op het RKD, als Rogier van der Weyden of diens school |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/652 | Hendrick Goltzius | Christ sitting on the cold stone between two angels | private collection Jacob Matham, Haarlem;1603;private collection Simon VI zur Lippe, Detmold;mentioned by K. van Mander 1604: in the possession of the Count of Lippe (one of the agents in buying paintings for Rudolf II) or the emperor in Prague: it now seems as if the Emperor bought the painting from Simon's heirs in 1621 (Nichols 2013);1603 - 1621;Rudolf II of Habsburg - Holy Roman Emperor, Prague;mentioned by K. van Mander 1604: in the possession of the Count of Lippe or the emperor in Prague;1621-12-06 - Nichols 2013;private collection Matthias von Habsburg (emperor), Vienna/Prague;in the inventory of the Prague Treasure Room (Sch, 1621-12-06;1621-12-06 -;private collection Allaert van Everdingen, Amsterdam;see Moes OH 7 (1889) p. 119 ev;1671 - c. 1671;art dealer;Dresden;1891-05 -;art dealer Samuel Hartveld, Antwerp/New York City;In the sale catalogue 1928, no. 25, ill.;private collection D. Splitter, Antwerp;1933 - till after 1935 (Nichols 2013);Arcade Gallery, London;1960 - 1961;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 61.006;1961 -;Veiling(en);Christie's, Londen (Engeland), 1960-06-10, lotnr. 21;Inbrenger;Spitzer;Naam koper: buying for Arcade Gallery Wengraf, 250;Rubenianum, Antwerp;Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1956-11-23, afb. zwart-witreproductie, lotnr. 144;Naam koper: Spitzer, 105 GBP;annotation auction cat. RKD |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/71111 | Anoniem | Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 61.080 | |
| https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/8113 | Jacob Jordaens (I) | private collection M.G. Scheppers de Bergstein, Belgium;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 60.094;1960 - voor uitgebreide herkomst: tent.cat. 1993 |
image: Mountain Landscape with River, Gift of Manton B. Metcalf, Jr. and Rowe Metcalf, to RISD, accession number of 48.453. copyright RISD https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/mountain-landscape-river-48453