A dune landscape with figures by a farm, church spires in the distance

細節

Isack van Ruysdael (Naarden 1599-1677 Haarlem)
A dune landscape with figures by a farm, church spires in the distance
signed and dated 'I(?)VR 1638' (lower left,'VR' linked)
oil on panel
21 7/8 x 41¾ in. (55.7 x 106.2 cm.)

來源

Anon. Sale [The Property of a Gentleman of Title], Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 14 November 1990, lot 93.
with Xaver Scheidwimmer, Munich, 1993, from whom acquired by the present owner.

注意事項

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拍品專文

The father of Jacob van Ruisdael, Isaack is mentioned by Houbraken as having been an ebony frame maker, an art dealer and a maker of patterns for tapestries. He is also alluded to as a painter (Isaac Koene was his pupil) and is in 1634 recorded as an apprentice, rather than a free painter, working in the same house as Jan van Goyen.

This picture would seem to belong to a small group of landscapes attributed to the artist. Of these, this work is perhaps closest to the View of Egmond in the A.F. Philips collection, Bussum. For a fuller discussion of this rare artist see J. Giltaij, 'The problem of Isaack van Ruisdael', The Burlington Magazine, CXXXIV, March, 1992, pp. 180-3.

The present work has been requested for the forthcoming exhibition Jacob van Ruisdael oder die Revolution der Landschaft, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, 15 January-4 April 2002, and Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, 29 April-29 July 2002.