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Salomon van Ruysdael River estuary with sailing boats on the water and a town in the distance
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Salomon van Ruysdael River estuary with sailing boats on the water and a town in the distance
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Property from a French Private Collection
Salomon van Ruysdael
Naarden circa 1602–1670 Haarlem
River estuary with sailing boats on the water and a town in the distance
signed with monogram on the sailing boat, left: SVR
oil on oak panel
36.4 x 32 cm.; 14⅝ x 12⅝ in.
Raoul Dastrac (1891–1969), Aiguillon;
Thence by inheritance to his widow;
Thence by descent in the family.
M. Legrand, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections parisiennes, exh. cat., Paris 1950, no. 68;
W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin 1975, p. 76, no. 44A.
Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections parisiennes, November–December 1950, no. 68.
Salomon van Ruysdael, one of the leading landscapists of the Dutch Golden Age, is perhaps best known for his river and estuary scenes, which he developed from tonal works in the style of Pieter Molyn and Jan van Goyen, to rather brighter views, with an emphasis on cloud-filled skies and atmospheric conditions. This small-scale, upright panel is among a group of works dating to the mid- to late-1650s and early 1660s, when Ruysdael produced a number of paintings in this format. It is typical of these landscapes in its rapid execution, with wet-in-wet brushstrokes, particularly in the water and distant landscape details.
In this middle period of his career Ruysdael appears to have focused fairly specifically on these tranquil scenes of inland waterways, executed on a similar scale, and mostly set in the late afternoon or early evening, with the foreground cast into shadow. Some of these paintings feature recognisable towns such as Haarlem,1 or Gorinchem,2 but more frequently – as here – small vessels are situated on an unidentified stretch of calm water or in a light breeze, beneath high summer clouds; indeed, the vertical orientation of these compositions allows for the domination of the sky. The handling and tonality of the clouds here is comparable to the painting of almost identical dimensions, from the early 1660s, sold in these Rooms, 5 December 2012, lot 4 (for £421,250).3
The nuances of light and shade in the present scene will be fully revealed with cleaning of the old, discoloured varnish, but the careful drawing of the rigging and sails of the boats is very much discernible. The foremost sailing boat, in the same position, along with the adjacent central sailing boat, in reverse, also appear in a work of the same size, similarly signed with monogram on the boat, in a painting formerly in a Danish private collection datable to as early as 1650.4 These details sit atop the buff and pink ground, characteristic of this group of paintings, upon which Ruysdael works with a very limited range of blues, greys and whites to masterfully convey the fluid and subtle dialogue between sky and water so particular to the Dutch landscape.
1 A pair, both oil on oak panel, each 41.9 x 37 cm., one signed with monogram on a spur lower right: SVR. Sold London, Sotheby’s, 8 December 2010, lot 24, for £241,250.
2 Oil on panel, 31.9 x 47.1 cm., signed on the gunwale of the foreground vessel:SVR. Sold New York, Sotheby’s, 1 February 2024, lot 323, for $1,996,000.
3 Oil on panel, 36 x 32.5 cm., signed in monogram on the lee-board of the boat lower centre:SVR.
4 Stechow 1975, p. 76, no. 49, reproduced pl. 39, fig. 53.
Salomon van Ruysdael
Naarden circa 1602–1670 Haarlem
River estuary with sailing boats on the water and a town in the distance
signed with monogram on the sailing boat, left: SVR
oil on oak panel
36.4 x 32 cm.; 14⅝ x 12⅝ in.
Raoul Dastrac (1891–1969), Aiguillon;
Thence by inheritance to his widow;
Thence by descent in the family.
M. Legrand, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections parisiennes, exh. cat., Paris 1950, no. 68;
W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin 1975, p. 76, no. 44A.
Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections parisiennes, November–December 1950, no. 68.
Salomon van Ruysdael, one of the leading landscapists of the Dutch Golden Age, is perhaps best known for his river and estuary scenes, which he developed from tonal works in the style of Pieter Molyn and Jan van Goyen, to rather brighter views, with an emphasis on cloud-filled skies and atmospheric conditions. This small-scale, upright panel is among a group of works dating to the mid- to late-1650s and early 1660s, when Ruysdael produced a number of paintings in this format. It is typical of these landscapes in its rapid execution, with wet-in-wet brushstrokes, particularly in the water and distant landscape details.
In this middle period of his career Ruysdael appears to have focused fairly specifically on these tranquil scenes of inland waterways, executed on a similar scale, and mostly set in the late afternoon or early evening, with the foreground cast into shadow. Some of these paintings feature recognisable towns such as Haarlem,1 or Gorinchem,2 but more frequently – as here – small vessels are situated on an unidentified stretch of calm water or in a light breeze, beneath high summer clouds; indeed, the vertical orientation of these compositions allows for the domination of the sky. The handling and tonality of the clouds here is comparable to the painting of almost identical dimensions, from the early 1660s, sold in these Rooms, 5 December 2012, lot 4 (for £421,250).3
The nuances of light and shade in the present scene will be fully revealed with cleaning of the old, discoloured varnish, but the careful drawing of the rigging and sails of the boats is very much discernible. The foremost sailing boat, in the same position, along with the adjacent central sailing boat, in reverse, also appear in a work of the same size, similarly signed with monogram on the boat, in a painting formerly in a Danish private collection datable to as early as 1650.4 These details sit atop the buff and pink ground, characteristic of this group of paintings, upon which Ruysdael works with a very limited range of blues, greys and whites to masterfully convey the fluid and subtle dialogue between sky and water so particular to the Dutch landscape.
1 A pair, both oil on oak panel, each 41.9 x 37 cm., one signed with monogram on a spur lower right: SVR. Sold London, Sotheby’s, 8 December 2010, lot 24, for £241,250.
2 Oil on panel, 31.9 x 47.1 cm., signed on the gunwale of the foreground vessel:SVR. Sold New York, Sotheby’s, 1 February 2024, lot 323, for $1,996,000.
3 Oil on panel, 36 x 32.5 cm., signed in monogram on the lee-board of the boat lower centre:SVR.
4 Stechow 1975, p. 76, no. 49, reproduced pl. 39, fig. 53.