* Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael Haarlem 1628/9-1682 Amsterdam

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Description

Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael
Torrent in a Wooded Landscape, a Cottage Beyond
signed lower left JVRuisdael (the JVR in monogram)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Grant Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710-92), Copenhagen, by 1756 and by descent to;
Grant F.C. Moltke;
His sale, Copenhagen, Winkel and Magnusson, June 1-2, 1931, lot 115 (Kr. 26,000);
Carl Salomonsen, Copenhagen, 1931-44;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, May 14, 1965, lot 97;
With G. Cramer, The Hague;
Private collection, Germany;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, July 4, 1997, lot 4;
Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, January 27, 2000, lot 4 ($277,500), there purchased by the present collector.

Exhibited

The Hague, G. Cramer, Catalogue no. 13, 1966-67, no. 17;
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Historical Museum, Art Dealers and Collectors, March 27- May 31, 1970, no. 47;
The Hague, G. Cramer, Catalogue no. 22, 1980, no. 85 (supplement).

Literature

G. Morell, Katalogue fer Gemäldesammlung Adam Gottlob Moltke, Amalienborg Palace, 1756, probably no. 211 or 212;
N. H¢yen, Fortegnelse ober der Moltkeske Maleriesamling, 1841, pp. 26-7, no. 58;
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné etc., vol. IX, 1842, p. 710, no. 91;
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catologue Raisonné etc., vol. IV, 1912, p. 78, no. 235;
Musée de Tableaux de Comte de Moltke, Copenhagen, 1913, no. 58;
J. Rosenberg, Jacob Van Ruisdael, Berlin 1928, p. 83, no. 175;
S. Slive, Jacob Van Ruisdael, New Haven 2001, p. 196, no. 195.

Catalogue Note

Slive dates this picture to the 1660s (see Literature below). This 'Nordic' landscape was painted in the artist's studio in Amsterdam. Despite the apparent close observance of the Scandinavian terrain, Ruisdael never visited this part of northern Europe. He was inspired by the paintings, drawings and etchings that Allart van Everdingen (1621-1675) produced when he travelled to the south-eastern coast of Norway and western Sweden in the 1640s.

Count Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710-1792) was one of the most distinguished collectors in Northern Europe in the 18th century. His immense wealth derived from his association with King Frederick V, whom he advised on political, economic and artistic matters. Moltke had quarters in the Royal Palace of Amalienborg which were decorated by Boucher, Oudry and Joseph-Marie Vien. Moltke's collection, which was predominately Dutch and Flemish works, was housed in the great hall. Moltke owned three other works by Ruisdael, which included two 'Nordic' landscapes (see Slive Literature below, nos. 175 and 176), both of similar format to the present work.

Johan Christian Dahl (1788-1857) made a faithful copy of this picture in 1812 which is now in the National Gallery, Oslo.