LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.14 in. (79.10 cm.) (height) by 40.87 in. (103.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'SVRuysdael. 1645' ('SVR' linked, lower center, on the boat)

Condition:

on the boat

Exhibited:

Liverpool, School of Art and Design, Exhibition of works by Dutch masters of the seventeenth century, 22-29 September 1944, no. 16.

Literature:

W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael: Eine Einführung in seine Kunst, Berlin, 1975, p. 121, no. 347B.

Provenance:

Honigman collection, Amsterdam, from whom acquired at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Worthington collection, Amsterdam, and by descent in the family, and by whom brought to England shortly before the German invasion of Holland in May 1940 (according to the 1944 exhibition catalogue). with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London. Acquired by the present owner circa 1985.