Salomon Ruysdael, van

(1600 - Haarlem - 1670)

"A ferry with five cows and figures on the river Waal near Gorkum"

on canvas: 76 x 108 cm;

signed and dated 'SVRuysDAEL 1666' (on the side of the ferry)

Provenance

(probably) sale A. Seymour, London, July 1896, no.65; Asscher & Welker, London; D. Katz, Dieren 1934; Malmedé, Köln 1934; E.Speelman, London; sale Lempertz, Köln May 1973; Galerie Fischer, Luzern, Nov. 1976, lot no. 1987; private German collection; with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, cica 1978; sold to a private Dutch collection 1982; with Douwes Fine Art 1998; sold to a private collection in Belgium, thence by descent to the present owner.

Expertise

Dr Walther Bernt, dd. May 1977 (as dated 1664); RKD: no 619965 image base (as dated 1664)

Literature

W. Stechow, 'Salomon van Ruysdael', catalogue raisonné, 1938, Gebr. Mann, Berlin, no. 385 ( as dated 1664); id. ed. 1975

Exhibitions

Museums in Arnhem, The Hague, 1934 (no.14) and Haarlem (no.19); Köln, Malmedé 1934 (no. 21); Maastricht, Pictura, 1979 (cat. p.39); Amsterdam, Gebr. Douwes Amsterdam, 'Sea and River', March 1982, illustrated on the cover (as dated 1666).

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Category
Old Masters 14th - 18th century

Subject Matter
landscape
Subject Matter
marine
Subject Matter
town view