Jacob van Ruisdael is considered to be the greatest and most versatile Dutch landscape painter of the seventeenth century. He probably studied painting with his uncle Salomon van Ruysdael, becoming an accomplished landscape painter by the time he was eighteen. The figures were painted by his friend Nicolaes Berchem. Such collaboration between Dutch artists with different specialties was not uncommon.
The emphasis in a Ruisdael landscape is on the natural elements, such as the dramatic topography, sweeping sky and accurately rendered, highly detailed trees. By contrast, the human and animal figures are less significant and were usually added by figure painters.
Details
- Artist Name: Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/9-1682)
- Title: Woody Landscape with a Pool and Figures
- Date: c. 1660
- Medium: Oil on panel
- Dimensions: 27-1/2 x 36-1/4 in. (69.9 x 92.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1969.33.P
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation
Object Information
[Martin Colnaghi, London, to];
Sir Joseph B. Robinson (Christie’s, 6 July 1923, no. 87, bought in), by inheritance to his daughter;
Princess Labia.;
[P.& D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London];
[Agnew, London];
Norton Simon Art Foundation.
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- Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), 1894 to
The Robinson Collection
- Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), 1958-07-02 to 1958-09-14
The Joseph Robinson Collection, Lent by the Princess Labia
- National Gallery of South Africa, 1959 to
[on loan]
- Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 1969-12-06 to 1970-04-28
[on loan]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970-04-29 to 1972-07-07
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- Martin, John Rupert, Selections from the Norton Simon, Inc. Museum of Art, 1972, no. 9 pp. 44-45, 34
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