Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03-1670)

A calm: A wooded river landscape with fishermen and sportsmen in rowing boats, sailing ships beyond

细节

Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03-1670)
A calm: A wooded river landscape with fishermen and sportsmen in rowing boats, sailing ships beyond
oil on panel
51.9 x 77.6 cm

来源

with Van Diemen, Amsterdam, 1928.
Mrs N.E. Mol van Charente, The Hague, 1938.

出版

W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p.157, n0566, where dated circa 1635/40 and said to be signed with monogram lower left.

拍品专文

Tonal landscape painting was developed in Haarlem at the end of the 1620's by Jan van Goyen, Pieter de Molijn, Pieter van Santvoort and Salomon van Ruysdael. The first themes were dune landscapes. Circa 1630 both Jan van Goyen and Salomon van Ruysdael introduced the diagonally receding river bank which remained their favourite motif during the 1630's. Variety was gained by including either fishermen, sportsmen or ferries. The present picture is a characteristic example of Ruysdael's oeuvre in the 1630's, to be compared with the landscape of 1635 in the Louvre (W. Stechow, op. cit., p.19 & p.107, n0325, fig.15). Here Ruysdael renders the quiet atmosphere of an early spring morning with the light green colours of the foliage and the silver grey light.