Salomon van Ruysdael

River View with Church and Ferry

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Salomon van Ruysdael
River View with Church and Ferry

1649 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.

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Salomon van Ruysdael
River View with Church and Ferry

1649 On view in Room 16

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General information
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/1603 - 1670 Haarlem)
River View with Church and Ferry
1649
painting
738
Room 16
Material and technical details
oil
panel
75 x 106.5 cm
Inscriptions
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