Lot Essay
For Charles Scarisbrick and John Walter, their houses and collections, see M. Girouard, The Victorian Country House, 2nd ed., New Haven and London, 1979, pp. 110-19 and 263-72.
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A Scandinavian Landscape with a Watermill
Details
Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682)
A Scandinavian Landscape with a Watermill
signed(?) 'JVRuisdael (JVR linked, lower left)
oil on canvas
40¼ x 34½in. (102.2 x 87.6cm.)
A Scandinavian Landscape with a Watermill
signed(?) 'JVRuisdael (JVR linked, lower left)
oil on canvas
40¼ x 34½in. (102.2 x 87.6cm.)
Provenance
Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire; (+) Christie's, 11 May 1861, lot 236 (270gns. to Woodin).
John Walter, chief proprietor of The Times, Bear Wood, Berkshire by 1868.
His son, A.F. Walter, Bear Wood, Berkshire; (+) Christie's, 20 June 1913, lot 132 (800gns. to Agnew's).
John Walter, chief proprietor of The Times, Bear Wood, Berkshire by 1868.
His son, A.F. Walter, Bear Wood, Berkshire; (+) Christie's, 20 June 1913, lot 132 (800gns. to Agnew's).
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., IV, London, 1912, p. 124, no. 305e, and p. 130, no. 410.
J. Rosenberg, Jacob van Ruisdael, Berlin, 1928, p. 84, no. 199e.
J. Rosenberg, Jacob van Ruisdael, Berlin, 1928, p. 84, no. 199e.
Exhibited
Leeds, National Exhibition of Art, 19 May-31 Oct. 1868, no. 792.
London, Royal Academy, 1882, no. 235.
London, Royal Academy, 1882, no. 235.