Salomon van Ruysdael (1600-1670)

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Salomon van Ruysdael (1600-1670)

Fishermen in a Rowing Boat with a ferry setting out from a landing stage, on a cloudy day in summer

signed and dated lower left S.vR 1641, oil on panel
62 x 89 cm

Provenance

J.B. Foucart, Valenciennes (his stamp on the reverse); Sale, 12 October 1898, lot 98 (sold ffr. 1.425)
with C. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam (exhibited 1899, no. 21)
His sale, Frederik Muller Amsterdam, 14 May 1912, lot 73, with ill. (sold ° 3.400)
Madame Joseph Fievez (+); Sale, Galerie Fievez Brussels, 30 April 1947, lot 83, where acquired by the present owner

Literature

W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p. 119, no. 332

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1907-1912, on loan from C. Hoogendijk, inv.no. 2082 A

Lot Essay

Stechow, op.cit., p. 21, aptly characterises Ruysdael's landscapes of the 1640's by the suffusion of golden sunlight

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