Lot 49: Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)

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.