LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on oak panel

Measurements:

14.21 in. (36.10 cm.) (height) by 12.72 in. (32.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials on the flag of the Wijdschip: SVR

Exhibited:

London, Eugene Slatter Gallery, 1948 Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Old Masters, 5 May-10 July 1948, reproduced in the catalogue, plate 2;. London, Royal Academy, Dutch Pictures 1450-1750, Winter Exhibition, 1952-1953, no. 264;. London, Alfred Brod Gallery, Paintings by old masters, 17 October -24 November 1956, no. 28.

Literature:

Eugene Slatter Gallery, 1948 Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Old Masters, exhibition catalogue, London 1948, reproduced plate 2;. London, Royal Academy, Dutch Pictures 1450-1750 , Winter Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London 1952, p. 54, cat. no. 264;. Alfred Brod Gallery, Paintings by old masters, exhibition catalogue, London 1956, cat. no. 28 (titled Shipping at the Mouth of the Dort and noted "sold during the printing of the catalogue");. W. Stechow, Salomon van Ruysdael, revised ed., Berlin 1975, p. 75, cat. no. 39B.

Provenance:

Gilbert Colville, Esq., Lullington Hall, Burton-on-Trent;. By whom sold, London, Christie's, 19 December 1947, lot 48, for £1,417/10s to Slatter;. With Eugene Slatter Gallery, London, 1948;. Edwin Cohen, 1952-after 1953;. With Alfred Brod Gallery, 1956; . Private collection;. Post-auction sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 2000, lot 61, where purchase by the present collector.