Lot Essay
Slive dates the present composition to circa 1650 and compares it to Cottage amid Trees and Thick Bushes, formerly Kunsthalle, Hamburg (op. cit., p. 407, no. 570).
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A wooded landscape with a traveller on a path by a pond
Details
Jacob Isaacsz. van Ruisdael (Haarlem c. 1628-1682 Amsterdam)
A wooded landscape with a traveller on a path by a pond
oil on panel
11 3/8 x 15½ in. (28.9 x 39.4 cm.)
A wooded landscape with a traveller on a path by a pond
oil on panel
11 3/8 x 15½ in. (28.9 x 39.4 cm.)
Provenance
J.M. Commetter, Hamburg, 1835, by whom given to the
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1871, by whom sold to
K. Haberstock, Berlin, 1925.
with J. & S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt am Main, from whom purchased by Mrs. W.H. Stark on 12 December 1927.
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1871, by whom sold to
K. Haberstock, Berlin, 1925.
with J. & S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt am Main, from whom purchased by Mrs. W.H. Stark on 12 December 1927.
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VI, 1835, p. 505, no. 340. C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., IV, 1908, p. 149, no. 468, as 'signed with monogram'.
Kunsthalle zu Hamburg: Katalog der alten Meister, Hamburg, 1921, no. 155, ROS 271.
S. Slive, Jacob van Ruisdael, New Haven and London, 2001, p. 278, no. 356, illustrated, as 'signed with monogram (lower right)'.
Kunsthalle zu Hamburg: Katalog der alten Meister, Hamburg, 1921, no. 155, ROS 271.
S. Slive, Jacob van Ruisdael, New Haven and London, 2001, p. 278, no. 356, illustrated, as 'signed with monogram (lower right)'.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.
Sale room notice
Please note the present composition is painted on canvas laid down on panel.
Please note the reference to Slive is no. 357 and not 356 as listed in the catalogue.
Please note the reference to Slive is no. 357 and not 356 as listed in the catalogue.