Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)

A river landscape with fishermen in rowing boats and peasants by a landing stage by a farmhouse, shipping beyond

Details

Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
A river landscape with fishermen in rowing boats and peasants by a landing stage by a farmhouse, shipping beyond
signed with the initials and dated 'S.VR 1644' (VR in monogram, on the side of rowing boat)
oil on panel
20 x 33 in. (52.1 x 83.8 cm.)

Provenance

Presumably Charles Jennens (1700-1773), Ormond Street, London (see Dodsley, 1761), and by inheritance at Gopsal and Penn to Francis, 5th Earl Howe.
Earl Howe, Penn House, Amersham, Bucks.; Christie's, 7 December 1933, lot 68 (620 gns. to Ellis and Smith).
with Ellis and Smith, London.

Literature

(Presumably) R. and J. Dodsley (publisher), London and its Environs described, London, 1761, V, p. 93 ('A landscape, by Salomon Ruysdale or 'A landscape, by Sal. Ruysdale').
The Illustrated London News, 11 November 1933, p. 776.
W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin, 1975, p. 120, no. 342.

Exhibited

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Hidden Treasures, 27 July-17 October 1993, p. 38, no. 50.

Lot Essay

Charles Jennens (1700-1773) best known for his close association with Handel (he worked with him on the libretto for The Messiah), formed a major collection of old master pictures for his London house. He also patronised such contemporaries as Francis Hayman and owned Sir Thomas Hudson's celebrated portrait of Handel now in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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