Lot Essay
This composition follows a work of slightly smaller dimensions (50 x 69.5 cm.), also dated 1664, in the Staatliche Gemäldegalerie in Dresden.
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A river estuary with figures pulling in their nets by a fort, wijdships at a footbridge and other vessels beyond
Details
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
A river estuary with figures pulling in their nets by a fort, wijdships at a footbridge and other vessels beyond
signed with initials and dated 'SVR . 1664' ('SVR' linked, lower right, on the boat)
oil on canvas
26½ x 35 in. (67.3 x 88.8 cm.)
A river estuary with figures pulling in their nets by a fort, wijdships at a footbridge and other vessels beyond
signed with initials and dated 'SVR . 1664' ('SVR' linked, lower right, on the boat)
oil on canvas
26½ x 35 in. (67.3 x 88.8 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. Cyril Kenworth.
Nevill Louis Cooper, Vernon Holme, Canterbury; his sale (+), Christie's, London, 12 April 1937, lot 68 (440 gns. to Agnew's).
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London.
with Eugene Slatter, London.
with Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, 1954.
Nevill Louis Cooper, Vernon Holme, Canterbury; his sale (+), Christie's, London, 12 April 1937, lot 68 (440 gns. to Agnew's).
with Thomas Agnew and Sons, London.
with Eugene Slatter, London.
with Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, 1954.
Literature
W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael: eine Einführung in seine Kunst, Berlin, 1975, p. 141, no. 470A.
Exhibited
Delft, 1953.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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