Jacob van Ruisdael

View of Bentheim Castle

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Jacob van Ruisdael
View of Bentheim Castle

c. 1652-1654 On view in Room 12

Van Ruisdael’s works form the pinnacle of Dutch landscape painting. They often have a monumental air about them. Here, he achieves this effect by making us look up at the castle from below. Van Ruisdael was the first to use this artistic device.

The Haarlem artist Van Ruisdael visited Bentheim Castle – just over the German border – in the summer of 1650. It must have made a deep impression on him, as he chose it regularly as a subject in the years that followed.

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Jacob van Ruisdael
View of Bentheim Castle

c. 1652-1654 On view in Room 12

Acquired with the support of the State of the Netherlands, the Ministery of Education, Culture and Science, the National Art Collections Fund, the VriendenLoterij, the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, the Rembrandt Association (supported by the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund), Noortman Master Paintings, the VSB Fund Foundation, Mr H.B. van der Ven, ING Group and the Mondriaan Foundation, 2005
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General information
Artist Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628/1629 - 1682 Amsterdam)
Title View of Bentheim Castle
Dated c. 1652-1654
Object name painting
Inventory number 1151
On view in Room 12
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material panel
Dimensions 51.9 x 67.7 cm
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: JvRuisdael

Provenance

Chevalier Klein, Paris; Emmerich Joseph, Herzog von Dalberg (Duc de Dalberg, 1773-1833), Paris (sale London, Christie's, 13-14 June 1817, lot 10,bought in for 131 pounds and 5 shillings; sold privately to Strutt with about 30 other paintings); Edward Strutt (1801-1880), 1st Baron Belper, Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire; by inheritance to Henry Strutt (1840-1914), 2nd Baron Belper; Algernon Henry Strutt (1883-1956), 3rd Baron Belper; Major Alexander Strutt (1912-1999), 4th Baron Belper (on long-term loan to the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham, since 1989); by inheritance to a private collection, England (sale London, Sotheby's, 7 July 2005, lot 16); Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht; acquired with the support of the State of the Netherlands, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Fund for the National Cultural Heritage, the VriendenLoterij, the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, the Rembrandt Association (supported by the Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation), Noortman Master Paintings, the VSB Fund Foundation, Mr H.B. van der Ven, ING Group and the Mondriaan Foundation, 2005