Salomon van Ruysdael Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Salomon van Ruysdael Art Value Price Guide

May. 01, 2019
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A river landscape with
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A river landscape with a ferry and Kronenburg Castle in the background oil on canvas 31 1/8 x 40 7/8 in. (79.1 x 103.8 cm.)
Christie's
May. 01, 2019
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A river landscape with
Est: $500,000 - $700,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A river landscape with cattle watering and sailing boats beyond oil on panel 15 5/8 x 23 ¾ in. (39.7 x 60.3 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 05, 2018
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) - An estuary with a ferry and other vessels, a church and windmill beyond
Est: £1,000,000 - £1,500,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) An estuary with a ferry and other vessels, a church and windmill beyond oil on panel 14 ¼ x 12 7/8 in. (36.1 x 32.8 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 28, 2015
River with Fishermen
Est: €10,000 - €12,000
Salomon van Ruysdael Naarden um 1600 - Haarlem um 1670 , River with Fishermen, 1630s, oil/wood, 32,5 x 44 cm, lo. le. monogr. SvR, some rest., Dutch landscape painter from a family of artists. Nothing is known about his early career; judged by his earliest paintings he might have been a pupil of P. Molijn a. E. van de Velde, influences of J. van Goyen are also obvious. In 1623 he joined the Haarlem's St. Luke's guild, in 1648 he was elected deacon. In 1659 he became mayor of a quarter of Haarlem, a costly office from which the success of the painter may be deduced. His son Jacob Salomonsz. R. continued to paint like his father.
Auktionshaus Stahl
Dec. 10, 2014
A wooded landscape
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden circa 1600-1670 Haarlem) A wooded landscape black chalk, brown ink framing lines 7 x 10¾ in. (17.7 x 27.2 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 30, 2014
Salomon van Ruysdael
Est: €1,350 - €1,500
(1601 Naarden - 1670 Haarlem) Umkreis/Nachfolger 2. Hälfte 17. Jh. Dünenlandschaft mit Bauern und Reiter auf einem Pfad Atmosphärisch gestimmte, fein lasierend gemalte Landschaft, die in Motiv und Stil Inspirationen Ruysdaels aufnimmt. Öl/Eichenholztafel. 27 cm x 35 cm. Rahmen. Circle or follower of Salomon van Ruysdael (1601 - 1670) active second half 17th C. Dune landscape with peasant and a horseman on a path. Oil on oak panel.
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden
Nov. 30, 2014
Salomon van Ruysdael
Est: €3,150 - €3,500
(1601 Naarden - 1670 Haarlem) Umkreis Flusslandschaft mit rastenden Figuren Blick auf eine sommerliche Flusslandschaft mit baumbestandenem Ufer und befestigtem Gebäude, im Vordergrund eine Gruppe von drei rastenden Männern im Gespräch mit einer Magd. Das atmosphärisch gestimmte, fein lasierend gemalte Tafelbild zeigt kompositorisch und stilistisch in vielfältiger Hinsicht eine Reihe von Bezügen zu den bekannten vielen Flusslandschaften Ruysdaels, die das Hauptsujet des Künstlers bildeten. 46,5 cm x 65 cm. Öl/Eichenholztafel. Circle of Salomon van Ruysdael (1601 - 1670) River landscape with resting figures. Oil on oak panel.
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden
Nov. 25, 2014
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 A view of Egmond aan Zee, a horse
Est: €15,000 - €25,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 A view of Egmond aan Zee, a horsedrawn cart and figures resting in the oil on panel 34.6 x 53.8 cm.
Christie's
May. 13, 2014
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600-1670 Haarlem)
Est: €25,000 - €35,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600-1670 Haarlem) >A dune landscape with figures resting by a fence <br>oil on panel >46 x 71.7 cm. <br>
Christie's
Jul. 03, 2013
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: £1,000,000 - £1,500,000
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM A VIEW OF THE VALKHOF AT NIJMEGEN SEEN FROM THE WEST, WITH A FERRY CROSSING THE RIVER WAAL signed in monogram and dated on the ferry lower centre: SvR. 1647 oil on oak panel 64.5 by 89.4 cm.; 25 3/8 by 35 in.
Sotheby's
Apr. 06, 2013
Manner of Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, c. 1602-1670), Village on a River with a Ferry Setting Out, Signed "S.v.d. Berg" l.l., Condition
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Manner of Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, c. 1602-1670) Village on a River with a Ferry Setting Out Signed "S.v.d. Berg" l.l. Oil on panel, 23 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (59.7 x 80.0 cm), framed. Condition: Retouch, varnish inconsistencies, craquelure, minor surface grime. Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, Pictures, Watercolours and Drawings Including Two Collections of Old and New Frames, March 20, 2001, Sale 2496, Lot 23.
Skinner
Mar. 23, 2012
Salomon van Ruysdael, 1602 Naarden - 1670 Haarlem
Est: €35,000 - €40,000
FLUSSUFERLANDSCHAFT MIT FÄHRBOOT UND KÄHNEN VOR HOHEM BAUM Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 100 x 125 cm. Signiert Verso auf dem Keilrahmen, alter, maschinenschriftlicher Klebezettel mit Aufschrift "Museum Boymans/ (Kersttentoon Stelling 1945/ 46)" mit Künstlernamensnennung "Salomon van Ruysdael" Titelbezeichnung "Rivier Landschap med Veerboot/ Collectie: Pat. Nederl. Verz.". Großformatiges Landschaftsbild, der Blick vom Wasser gegen das links sich nach rechts hinziehende Ufer zu, mit hoher Baumgruppe, die bereits bräunliche Herbstverfärbung zeigt, vor hellerem Wolkenhintergrund. Am linken Bildrand ein quadratischer Kirchturm mit Spitzhaube, ein zum Ufer herabführender Weg hell beleuchtet, davor im Wasser vom Ufer abstoßender, langer Kahn mit Personen besetzt, dabei auch drei Rinder und ein Hund. Der Lastkahn vor einem herrschaftlichen Schiff mit Heckfahne und vergoldeter Heckdekoration, im Vordergrund ein kleiner Kahn mit drei Personen. Weiter rechts in hellerem Licht einige Segelschiffe vollbesetzt, auf der Wasseroberfläche einige Enten und Schwimmkorken eines ausgelegten Netzes. Provenienz: Sotheby's, London, Juli 2006, Lot 187. (8405748)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Dec. 09, 2011
Circle of Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Circle of Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A river landscape with travellers on a track, a town beyond oil on canvas 26¼ x 39 1/8 in. (66.5 x 99.5 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2011
Circle of Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Circle of Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) An extensive river landscape with two vessels and other boats, a church beyond oil on panel 16½ x 27¾ in. (42 x 70.6 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 01, 2011
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1601-1670 Haarlem)
Est: €60,000 - €80,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1601-1670 Haarlem) A dune landscape with travellers on a path and three men mending a fence signed with monogram and dated 'S. vR. 1635' (lower right) oil on panel, oval 37.4 x 50.8 cm.
Christie's
Nov. 01, 2011
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: €30,000 - €50,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A still life of game birds and hunting paraphernalia on a stone ledge signed and indistinctly dated 'SVR.vys... 1630(?)' (SVR linked, lower left) oil on panel 35.3 x 30.4 cm.
Christie's
Jul. 07, 2011
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: £60,000 - £80,000
NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH A BOY ON SKATES PUSHING A SLED signed and dated lower centre on the sled: S.V.RUISDAEL/ 1627 oil on oak panel 34.5 by 60.5 cm.; 13 1/2 by 23 3/4 in.
Sotheby's
Jul. 06, 2011
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: £100,000 - £150,000
NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM A PANORAMIC VIEW OF RHENEN FROM THE BANKS OF THE RHINE TO THE WEST OF THE CITY, WITH THE CHURCH OF ST. CUNERA IN THE DISTANCE, AND A HORSE-DRAWN WAGON AND CATTLE IN THE FOREGROUND signed and dated lower left: SvRvysDAEL /1659 (SvR in ligature) oil on canvas 71.2 by 111.2 cm.; 28 by 43 3/4 in.
Sotheby's
Jan. 27, 2011
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM A DUNE LANDSCAPE signed and dated lower left: S. Ruysdael 1643 oil on panel 10 3/4 by 12 3/4 in.; 27.2 by 32.5 cm.
Sotheby's
Jan. 27, 2011
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM FERRY BOAT WITH CATTLE ON THE RIVER VECHT NEAR NIJENRODE signed and dated on the boat lower right: SVRySDEL 1652 oil on canvas 41 3/4 by 58 in.; 106 by 147 cm.
Sotheby's
Jan. 25, 2011
ATTRIBUTED TO SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
ATTRIBUTED TO SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL 1592 - 1670 RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A TREE inscribed S.R. and dated 1651 or 1631 black chalk on paper
Sotheby's
Jul. 07, 2010
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: £800,000 - £1,200,000
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH TRAVELLERS AND HERDERS ON A PATH, A CHURCH BEYOND signed and dated lower centre: S. VRVYSDAEL. 1646 ( VR in ligature) oil on oak panel 64.3 by 88.5 cm.; 25 1/4 by 34 3/4 in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 22, 2010
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL NAARDEN 1600/3 - 1670 HAARLEM PAYSAGE BOISÉ AVEC UN BERGER ET SON TROUPEAU SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL ; A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A SHEPHERD AND HIS CATTLE ; OIL ON PANEL 28,2 x 34,5 cm ; 11 by 13 1/2 in
Sotheby's
Jul. 08, 2009
Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem a river landscape with figures crossing to the shore on a cattle ferry, with washerwomen on the bank oil on oak panel
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
signed and dated lower right: SVRUYSDAEL/ 1666 ( SVR in ligature) oil on oak panel
Sotheby's
Jun. 16, 2009
Salomon van Ruysdael (Haarlem um 1601-1670) Schule
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Haarlem um 1601-1670) Schule Flusslandschaft, Öl auf Leinwand, 46 x 64 cm, gerahmt
Dorotheum
Jun. 04, 2009
Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem A River Landscape oil on canvas, unframed
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
signed and dated lower right: Ruysdael 1657 oil on canvas, unframed
Sotheby's
Jan. 29, 2009
Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem Landscape with a Fence oil on panel
Est: $500,000 - $700,000
signed and dated lower left S.W.RVYESDAEL 1631 oil on panel
Sotheby's
Nov. 11, 2008
- Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem A river landscape with a view of the Bijlhouwerstoren, Utrecht, set in a village on the bank oil on panel
Est: €40,000 - €60,000
bears signature lower left: Ruysdael oil on panel
Sotheby's
Sep. 13, 2008
ATTRIBUTED TO SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL (c. 1600-1670)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ATTRIBUTED TO SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL (c. 1600-1670) Oil on canvas, 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in., relined. Provenance: Property from the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
STAIR
Jul. 09, 2008
- Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem A river landscape with a view of the Bijlhouwerstoren, Utrecht, set in a village on the bank oil on oak panel
Est: £80,000 - £120,000
bears signature lower left: Ruysdael oil on oak panel
Sotheby's
Jun. 25, 2008
A river landscape with sailing vessels near a village
Est: -
Circle of Salomon Jacobsz. van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A river landscape with sailing vessels near a village oil on panel 40.3 x 67 cm.
Christie's
Jun. 17, 2008
Salomon van Ruysdael (Haarlem um 1601 - 1670)
Est: €6,000 - €9,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Haarlem um 1601 - 1670) Umkreis Bewaldete Flusslandschaft mit einer Fähre und Kühen, Öl auf Holz, 35 x 55 cm, gerahmt, (Wo)
Dorotheum
Jan. 24, 2008
Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem River Landscape with Fishermen Casting Their Nets oil on canvas
Est: $250,000 - $350,000
signed lower left on the barge S. Ruysdael . 1641. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jan. 24, 2008
Salomon van Ruysdael , Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem A View of Alkmaar with the Sint Laurenskerk from the North oil on panel
Est: $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
signed and dated on the boat lower right S. VRUYSDAEL . 1644 ( VR in ligature) oil on panel
Sotheby's
Dec. 06, 2007
A wooded landscape with cattle, carriages on a track and an inn, a church beyond
Est: £400,000 - £600,000
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A wooded landscape with cattle, carriages on a track and an inn, a church beyond signed and dated 'S.VRUYSDAEL 1644' (lower center) oil on panel 25¼ x 37 5/8 in. (64 x 95.7 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 05, 2007
l - Salomon van Ruysdael Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem , A river estuary with cows in the foreground shallows, a fisherman unloading his catch beyond oil on oak panel
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
signed with monogram and dated lower left: SVR 1657 ( VR in ligature) oil on oak panel
Sotheby's
Nov. 13, 2007
s - Salomon van Ruysdael Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem , A dune landscape with herdsmen and their cattle on a flooded path oil on panel
Est: €120,000 - €180,000
signed in monogram and dated lower left: SvR 1660 oil on panel
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2007
Salomon van Ruysdael Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem , a river landscape with a cattle ferry by a wooded bank; a landscape with figures in a wagon by a house overhung with tress a pair, both oil on oak panel, circular
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
the former signed with monogram and dated centre left on the jetty: SVR 1633 ( VR in compendium) the latter signed with monogram and dated lower left: SVR/ 1633 ( VR in compendium) a pair, both oil on oak panel, circular Quantity: 2
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2007
Salomon van Ruysdael Naarden 1600/3 - 1670 Haarlem , river landscape with fishermen setting out their nets, a ferry beyond oil on canvas
Est: £300,000 - £400,000
signed and dated lower centre: SVRUYSDAEL 1644 oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 09, 2003
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden c. 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $23,700 - $31,600
Philip and the Eunuch signed with initials and dated 'svr 1630' (lower left) oil on canvas 301/4 x 381/4 in. (76.8 x 97 cm.) PROVENANCE with A.H. Buttery, London; Christie's, London, 7 June 1912, lot 89, as 'S. van Ruysdael' (unsold). with A.S. Drey, Munich, 1915. Dr. K. Erasmus, Berlin, 1931. LITERATURE W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin, 1975, p. 85, no. 118. NOTES The subject was popular in Dutch art at the time, being treated by Lastman four times in his career (for the first time in 1623), and by Rembrandt three times in oil and once as an etching, including an oil of the same date as the present picture. Salomon himself had painted the subject in 1634, in a closely related composition. The story derives from Acts, VIII: 27 ff., and tells how a eunuch, the treasurer of Queen Candace of Ethiopia, whilst returning from Jerusalem, was converted to Christianity through a discussion with the apostle, Philip, about a passage from Isaiah.
Christie's
Apr. 09, 2003
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $39,500 - $55,300
A coastal landscape with carriages on a track approaching a village, boats and figures on the strand beyond signed and dated 'SVRUYSDAEL*1663' (SVR linked, lower right) oil on canvas 171/2 x 30 in. (44.8 x 76 cm.) PROVENANCE Hon. Walter John James, R.B.A. (1869-1932), by 1905. with G. Douwes, Amsterdam, by whom exhibited, Noordwijk, 1925, no. 35. with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1930. Svenonius; sale, New York, 16 April 1931, lot 53. Miss G. Powell, Prince of Wales Drive, London; Christie's, London, 23 February 1934, lot 103 (150 gns. to Langton Douglas). with Robert Langton Douglas, 11 Montagu Place, London; Christie's, London, 15 May 1936, lot 79 (190 gns. to Badger). Lt.-Col. T.R. Badger, D.S.O. Mrs. E.M. Gordon, Biddlesden Park, Northamptonshire; (+†) Christie's, London, April 10, 1987, lot 46a (unsold). Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 22 May 1998, lot 65 (sold $34,500). LITERATURE W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p. 109, no. 273.
Christie's
Jan. 24, 2003
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden c.1600-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $450,000 - $550,000
The Valkhof at Nijmegen with a ferry crossing the river Waal signed with monogram and dated 'SVR 165*' (lower left, on the side of the ferry) oil on canvas 283/4 x 403/4 in. (73 x 103.5 cm.) PROVENANCE H. L. Visser. EXHIBITION On loan to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1995 - 2000. NOTES Salomon van Ruysdael was born in Naarden, Gooiland. He was originally called Salomon de Gooyer, but he and his brother, Isaack, who was also an artist, adopted the name Ruysdael from castle Ruisdael (or Ruisschendaal) near their father's hometown. Salomon spelled his name Ruysdael as distinguished from his more famous nephew Jacob, who used Ruisdael. In 1623 Salomon entered the painters guild in Haarlem, and his earliest known dated painting is of 1626. As early as 1628 he was praised as a landscapist by the chronicler of Haarlem, Samuel van Ampzing. Although Salomon seems to have lived and worked in Haarlem all his life, he probably made several trips through the Netherlands, painting views of, among other places, Leiden, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Arnhem, Alkmaar, Rhenen and Dordrecht. Together with Pieter de Molijn, Salomon van Ruysdael and Jan van Goyen were the leading 'tonal' landscape painters of their generation, and they laid the foundation for the classic period of Dutch landscape painting that followed. The present lot is one of six views of a famous landmark in Holland that the artist is known to have painted, the tower or castle of Het Valkhof (falcon court), a fortress since Roman times, that was set within the walls of Nijmegen, and derived its name from the falconry established there by one of Charlemagne's sons. It was an immensely popular subject for Dutch artists in the first half of the 17th century, and was painted on numerous occasions by both Jan van Goyen and Aelbert Cuyp. Wolfgang Stechow was unaware of the present painting at the time that he wrote his monograph on Ruysdael, but he does record four other versions of the composition, three of which are executed on canvas, and one on panel (W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin, 1975, p. 79, no. 70; p. 121, no. 349A; p. 122, nos. 349B and p. 123, no.354). A fifth version of Nijmegen by Ruysdael was sold with the collection of Linda and Gerald Guterman, Sotheby's, New York, 14 January 1988, lot 33 ($900,000). Nijmegen was popularly known as the capital city of the ancient Batavians, the supposed precursors of the Dutch. Their leader, the facially disfigured Gaius Julius Civilis (known in the 17th century as Claudius Civilis), was fiercely opposed to Roman rule and set fire to his capital in order to prevent its use by the Romans. Netherlandish scholars and artists (particularly Rembrandt in his famous Oath of the Batavians in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) became especially interested in the Batavian revolt because it was such a compelling ancient precedent for the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain. These images of the city must therefore not just have been exercises in civic pride, but representative of a national mythology and a tangible link with the classical past. The present lot is sold with a letter from Willem van der Watering dated 5 August 1980 and a photocertificate from L. J. Bol, dated 20 June 1980, both stating that the painting is by Salomon van Ruysdael.
Christie's
Jun. 14, 2002
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden c. 1600-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $300,000 - $450,000
A river landscape with fishermen and a sportsman shooting duck oil on canvas 24 5/8 x 341/2 in. (62.5 x 87.7 cm.) PROVENANCE Acquired by Beriah Botfield (1807-1863) in Leiden, by 1848, by whom bequeathed to the Thynne family. LITERATURE B. Botfield, Catalogue of Pictures in the possession of Beriah Botfield Esq. at Norton Hall, London, 1848, p. 46, 'Duck Shooting'. B. Botfield, Catalogue of Pictures at Norton Hall, London, 1863, p. 35. NOTES Unpublished since its inclusion in Beriah Botfield's 1863 catalogue, this is an early treatment of Salomon van Ruysdael's favourite theme, datable on stylistic grounds to the early 1630s. He began to paint river scenes in or before 1631, in similar fashion to Jan van Goyen with whom he must have been in close contact. The monochromatic palette, made up predominantly of greens, greys, browns and blues is typical of his output at this time, as is the flickering application of paint in the trees (technically very close to Van Goyen), and the emphasis given to the reflections in the ruffled water. In these respects, as well as in the details, the present picture relates closely to a picture dated 1632 in the National Gallery, London. In both works, Ruysdael employs a strong right to left diagonal composition established by the wooded river bank and sailing vessels, which are positioned at intervals receding into the distance. Each picture features a fishing boat laying out or drawing in their nets, the floats of which can be seen in an arc on the water's surface in the left middleground, and, in the right foreground, a sportsman at the front of a punt, who is about to open fire on a duck. In the same vein, the present picture can be compared to another early river scene in the National Galleery, similarly dated by Stechow to circa 1632-3.
Christie's
Jun. 14, 2002
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden c. 1600-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $600,000 - $900,000
A river landscape with cattle and a rowing boat in the foreground, Alkmaar and the Sint Laurenskerk beyond signed and dated 'S.VRUYSDAEL 1651' (VR linked, lower left, on the rowing boat) oil on panel 211/4 x 31 3/8 in. (54.1 x 79.7 cm.) PROVENANCE Sir Emmanuel Felix Agar, M.P., 7 Stratford Place, London. Beriah Botfield (1807-1863), by 1848, by whom bequeathed to the Thynne family. LITERATURE B. Botfield, Catalogue of Pictures in the possession of Beriah Botfield Esq. at Norton Hall, London, 1848, p. 46, 'View of Haerlem'. B. Botfield, Catalogue of Pictures at Norton Hall, London, 1863, p. 35. W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin, 1975, p. 150, no. 523B. NOTES The artist joined the Haarlem guild of Saint Luke in 1623 under his given name Salomon de Gooyer. Soon after, he followed the example of his eldest brother Isaack and adopted the name Ruysdael from the castle of Ruijschdaal near their father's home in Gooiland. He quickly established his reputation in the 1630s, along with Jan van Goyen, as one of the pioneers of the so-called 'tonal' landscape, innovative for the unprecedented naturalism and atmospheric effects they brought to the genre. The river landscape was Salomon's favourite subject and one that he addressed repeatedly throughout his career. He first treated the theme in or before 1631 and subsequently produced, according to Stechow ( op. cit. ), some 280 paintings of the kind. The present work is a classic mature treatment of the river landscape theme. Salomon employs a strong diagonal composition established by the flow of the river from the left foreground into the right background, with a cluster of trees serving as a repoussoir on the right side, balanced by a group of cattle on the left. The placement of boats at intervals along the river leads the eye downstream out of the shaded foreground towards the sunlit horizon. This, combined with the effect of the churches of Alkmaar that punctuate the horizon on the left, produces an strong sense of distance and spatial harmony. This clear structure characterises much of the artist's work from around this time. By 1650, the trees in his landscapes are reduced in scale and greater emphasis given to open river views; his palette becomes brighter and more varied and more attention is paid to the clouds. This is wonderfully evidenced here in the fluid rendition of the late afternoon sky. Stechow records four other pictures with the same date: a River Scene in the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, a Landscape with Arnhem in the distance in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, a Sailing boat and Dinghy sold in these Rooms, 25 November 1960, lot 82, as 'van Goyen', and a View of Rhenen now in the E.G. Bhrle Foundation, Zurich. The variety of cities depicted (Arnhem, Rhenen and Alkmaar), might suggest that Salomon was travelling in 1651. Although he lived in Haarlem his whole life it is thought that he made extensive trips around the country; he also painted views of Leiden, Amersfoort and Utrecht at different times in his career. However, in 1651 Salomon is recorded as a merchant dealing in blue dye for Haarlem's bleacheries - like many of his contemporaries, he supplemented his earnings in areas that had no connection with painting - making it unlikely that he would have had the time to travel in that year. More likely, Salomon worked up these pictures in his studio either from memory or using topographical prints as an aide memoir. This notion is supported by the fact that many of his pictures from the late 1640s and 50s were applied directly onto the support without evidence of underdrawing, as seems to be case in the present picture, although no technical photographs of it have been made. In any event, a View of the Sint Laurenskerk, dated 1644, sold in the Rooms, 10 July 1987, lot 44, implies that Salomon had visited Alkmaar in or before that year. Panoramic views of Alkmaar are comparatively rare and it is noteworthy that Van Goyen never painted the city. The present view seems to have inspired a picture of about the same size painted six years later ( ibid. pp. 23 and 128, no. 376, pl. 27 and fig. 38), since sold in these Rooms, 8 July 1988, lot 44 (œ110,000). Sir Emmanuel Felix Agar was the natural son of Welbore Ellis Agar (1735-1805). His father, the younger brother of the 1st Viscount Clifden and elder brother of the 1st Earl of Normanton, assembled in his lifetime a prodigious collection of Old Masters. These were largely acquired abroad, for the most part under the aegis of Gavin Hamilton. On his death, having no direct heir, he bequeathed the collection to Emmanuel Felix and his elder brother, Welbore Felix. Those two put the collection up for sale at Christie's; the sale was scheduled for 2-3 May 1806, however before even the English copies of the catalogue were printed, the brothers had been approached by Lord Grosvenor with a view to an en bloc purchase. An initial price of œ40,000 was suggested but was negotiated down to the final figure of 30,000 gns., agreed by mid-April. The present picture was not a part of that sale, making it quite reasonable to suppose that the two sons may have retained a small part of the collection, including this picture.
Christie's
Jan. 24, 2002
*SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL (1600/03-1670)
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
signed and dated on the boat S.VRUYSDAEL 1644 (VR linked) oil on panel Salomon van Ruysdael is best known for his atmospheric river scenes, such as the present example, that he began painting in the 1630s. These scenes, both real and imagined, were painted in and around Haarlem where the artist lived and worked. Though his teacher is unknown, his earliest works (circa 1626)-29) reflect the influence of Esias van de Velde who worked in Haarlem from 1609-18. Together with his contemporary, Jan van Goyen, Ruysdael was one of the leading proponents in the 1630s of ``tonal'' landscape painting characterized by their extreme restraint of color. By the 1640s, Ruysdael began to move away from this monochromatic palette, introducing more varied hues. The composition of this work of 1644 is very similar to a Ruysdael, dated 1645, in the Kunsthalle, Hamburg (see W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p. 148, no. 514, pl. 30). Both paintings share the same dense, wooded area to the left which sweeps away towards a fishing village on the horizon. In the deep shadows of the foliage to the left smallcraft, laden with figures, emerge towards the casual anglers in the foreground and in the middle distance yachts sail away from the riverbank. The paintings, which are both on panel, are executed in a very similar technique; the foliage is painted in a thin, transparent style using different hues of green and brown and the horizon is painted with thick, creamy, broad bands of paint which are tinted with subtle hints of pink.
Sotheby's
Dec. 14, 2001
Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden, nr. Amsterdam? 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $10,150 - $14,500
A wooded river landscape with a ferry and other boats signed (?) with initials and dated 'SVR 1632' (centre, on the boat) oil on panel 161/2 x 26 3/8 in. (42.2 x 67 cm.) PROVENANCE Anon. Sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 7 November 1978, lot 93, as Salomon van Ruysdael (sold œ9,926). Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1979, lot 98, as Salomon van Ruysdael (unsold). Anon. Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 September 1989, as Salomon van Ruysdael (sold œ41,417). Anon. Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 October 1997, lot 36, as Salomon van Ruysdael (sold œ24,851). with Capricorne, Munich, December 1989 (advertised in Weltkunst ). NOTES We are grateful to Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Dr. Beck notes that the picture has always been regarded as an autograph work by Salomon van Ruysdael, and that the date of 1632 fits exactly with Salomon's style of that time. However the picture's condition demands a qualified attribution. Dr. Beck, judging from a photograph when with Capricorne, has stated his belief that 'the picture is without doubt by Salomon van Ruysdael'.
Christie's
Nov. 02, 2001
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $98,000 - $140,000
A river landscape with a wijdschip sailing before the wind and a rowing boat with other shipping, a village beyond oil on canvas 23 3/8 x 29 5/8 in. (59.3 x 75.1 cm.) PROVENANCE with Sedelmeyer, Paris (according to a wax seal on the stretcher). K. van der Heydt, Berlin, 1904. with Van Diemen, Berlin (bought en bloc from the previous owner). with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1919, from whom purchased by W. Suermondt, Rotterdam, by 1938, and by descent to the present owners. LITERATURE W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1975, p. 116, no. 317. EXHIBITION Dusseldorf, 1904, no. 379. Amsterdam, Gallery J. Goudstikker, Salomon van Ruysdael, January-February 1936, no. 49. NOTES Stechow notes, loc. cit., that the village in the background has in the past been identified as Heenvliet. As noted by Stechow, op. cit., p. 26, Van Ruysdael's marine paintings are very rarely dated; the present lot was probably painted in circa 1650, when the artist's paintings were characterised by rich colour schemes, with deep blue skies and touches of colour, nonetheless retaining the soft, harmonious atmosphere of his monochrome period. At this time, as in the present picture, which can be compared with the River landscape, signed and dated 1650, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Van Ruysdael's compositions were frequently dominated by one or two ships, often with strong verticals. Typical, too, are the waves painted with subtle grey and brown tones, and the soft transitions between the sky and the horizon.
Christie's
Oct. 03, 2001
SALOMON VAN RUYSDAEL (Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
A wooded river landscape with duck hunters in the foreground and sailing boats beyond signed with monogram 'SVR' (center right) oil on panel 153/4 x 25 1/8 in. (40 x 64.3 cm.) PROVENANCE Mrs. S.L. Barnard, Cave Castle, South Cave, Yorkshire, England; Christie's, London, 25 November 1938, lot 99. with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1939. LITERATURE W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, Berlin, 1975, p. 144, no. 486a. NOTES The present painting can be dated to the early 1640s and compared with a number of river landscapes of similar tonality which Stechow ( op. cit., p. 21) characterized by their suffusion of golden sunlight. These include a View of Arnhem, signed and dated 1643, offered at Christie's, Amsterdam, 11 May 1994, lot 156; a River Landscape on a cloudy day, signed and dated 1641, Christie's, Amsterdam, 7 May 1996, lot 76; and a River Landscape with a view of the Church of Nordosten, signed and dated 1641, offered at Christie's, London, 8 December 1989, lot 65.
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