A wooded river landscape with a ferry and other boats

Details

Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden, nr. Amsterdam? 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
A wooded river landscape with a ferry and other boats
signed (?) with initials and dated 'SVR 1632' (centre, on the boat)
oil on panel
16½ x 26 3/8 in. (42.2 x 67 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 7 November 1978, lot 93, as Salomon van Ruysdael (sold £9,926).
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1979, lot 98, as Salomon van Ruysdael (unsold).
Anon. Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 September 1989, as Salomon van Ruysdael (sold £41,417).
Anon. Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 October 1997, lot 36, as Salomon van Ruysdael (sold £24,851).
with Capricorne, Munich, December 1989 (advertised in Weltkunst).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to Collection and Storage Charges.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Dr. Beck notes that the picture has always been regarded as an autograph work by Salomon van Ruysdael, and that the date of 1632 fits exactly with Salomon's style of that time. However the picture's condition demands a qualified attribution. Dr. Beck, judging from a photograph when with Capricorne, has stated his belief that 'the picture is without doubt by Salomon van Ruysdael'.

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