Roelof Jansz. van Vries (circa 1631-after 1681)

Erminia and the shepherds in a wooded landscape

Details

Roelof Jansz. van Vries (circa 1631-after 1681)
Erminia and the shepherds in a wooded landscape
with Ruisdael monogram and the date 1645 lower right
oil on panel
63.5 x 48.2 cm
The staffage is the work of a different hand.

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Christie's New York, 12 January 1994, lot 87, ill.
Anon. Sale, Christie's New York, 11 January 1995, lot 262, ill.

Lot Essay

For the attribution compare with the signed picture, on panel, 60.2 x 42.8 cm, in the Museum der bildenden Knste, Leipzig, inv. no.580 (D. Sander, Katalog der Gemlde, 1995, p.205, no.580).

The subject is taken from Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata VII:6.

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