Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03-1670)

A river Landscape with Cattle watering, a Windmill and a Church beyond

Details

Salomon van Ruysdael* (1600-1670)
A river Landscape with Cattle watering, a Windmill and a Church beyond
signed with initials and dated 'S.R.1654'
oil on panel
14 x 21in. (36.5 x 53.5cm.)

Provenance

Giuseppe Mozzoni by 1734.
John MacNamara, by 1909, and by descent to his great grand-daughter; Mrs. Lemon; Christie's, London, July 10, 1981, lot 18 (40,000=$75,200).

Lot Essay

Ruysdael repeated the composition, with minor differences, in a painting signed and dated 1657, formerly in the collection of J.C.H. Heldring, Osterbeek, Holland; sold, Sotheby's, London, March 27, 1963, lot 41, (W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p. 151, no. 527A.