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Salomon van Ruysdael River View with Church and Ferry
On view in Room 16
Salomon van Ruysdael was a master at suggesting vast space in his landscapes. He used diagonal lines that disappear into the distance, which in this case include the bank alongside the water and the sky with windswept clouds.
Van Ruysdael – the uncle of the famous landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael – did not depict an existing landscape. The church and the small castle in the distance came from his imagination. Nevertheless, the river view is as Dutch as can be.
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/1603 - 1670 Haarlem)
Title
River View with Church and Ferry
Object name
painting
Inventory number
738
On view in
Room 16
Material and technical details
Technique
oil
Material
panel
Dimensions
75 x 106.5 cm
Inscriptions
Signed and dated
lower centre, on the boat: SVRuysdael 1649 SVR in ligature
Provenance
David Sellar, London, 1885; Charles Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, 1889; Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907; Duveen Brothers Gallery, New York, Paris and London, 1907; Abraham Bredius, The Hague, 1911-1946 (on long-term loan to the Mauritshuis since 1912); bequest of Abraham Bredius, 1946
