Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Seymour Slive for informing us that he dates the present painting to the 1660s.
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A torrent in a Scandinavian wooded landscape, a cottage beyond
Details
Jacob Isaacsz. van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682)
A torrent in a Scandinavian wooded landscape, a cottage beyond
signed 'JVRuisdael" (JVR linked)
oil on canvas
39 x 34in. (99 x 86.4cm.)
A torrent in a Scandinavian wooded landscape, a cottage beyond
signed 'JVRuisdael" (JVR linked)
oil on canvas
39 x 34in. (99 x 86.4cm.)
Provenance
Adam Gottlob Moltke (1746-1792), Copenhagen.
Count Frederick Christian Moltke, Copenhagen, from 1875; sale, Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1-2 June 1931, lot 115.
Carl Salomonsen, Copenhagen, 1931-44.
W.W. Salomonsen, and by descent; Christie's, London, 14 May 1965, lot 97 (4,500gns. to Cramer).
with Cramer, The Hague, 1966.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1979, lot 134 (£24,000).
Private collection, Germany.
with Cramer, The Hague, 1988.
Count Frederick Christian Moltke, Copenhagen, from 1875; sale, Winkel and Magnussen, Copenhagen, 1-2 June 1931, lot 115.
Carl Salomonsen, Copenhagen, 1931-44.
W.W. Salomonsen, and by descent; Christie's, London, 14 May 1965, lot 97 (4,500gns. to Cramer).
with Cramer, The Hague, 1966.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1979, lot 134 (£24,000).
Private collection, Germany.
with Cramer, The Hague, 1988.
Literature
N. Hoyen, Fortegnelse ober der Moltkeske Maleriesamling, 1841, pp. 26-7, no. 58.
J. Smith, A Catalogue raisonné, etc., IX, 1842, p. 710, no. 91.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue raisonné, etc., IV, 1912, p. 78, no. 235.
Catalogue des Tableaux de la Collection du Comte de Moltke, 1913, no. 58.
J. Rosenberg, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1928, p. 83, no. 175.
J. Smith, A Catalogue raisonné, etc., IX, 1842, p. 710, no. 91.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue raisonné, etc., IV, 1912, p. 78, no. 235.
Catalogue des Tableaux de la Collection du Comte de Moltke, 1913, no. 58.
J. Rosenberg, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1928, p. 83, no. 175.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Historisch Museum, Art Dealer and Collector, 27 March-31 May 1970, p. 94, no. 47 illustrated.