Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael Haarlem circa 1629/30 - 1681

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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Description

Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael
A landscape with cavaliers in the foreground, a church beyond
signed or bears signature and date lower centre left: JSVRUYSDAEL / 165(?). (JSVR in compendium)
and bears another signature and date lower centre: S. VRUYSDAEL / 1655 (VR in compendium)
oil on panel

Provenance

Haro Frères, Paris;
Arnold van Buuren;
His sale, Amsterdam, A. Mak, 26-27 May 1925, lot 115, for 2000 guilders to Pieter de Boer (as Salomon van Ruysdael);
Anonymous sale, Zurich, Dr. Störi Alte Kunst, 9 October 1925, CHF 11,000 ( as Salomon van Ruysdael).

Condition

"The following condition report has been provided by Henry Gentle, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. The oak panel is in good condition apart from two small ridges left centre. The paint layer is sound but thin and abraded in the sky leading to extensive restoration here(some original blue visible beneath). There is discoloured retouching to the cloud, left, and reduction of horizontal wood grain upper right. The varnish is discoloured and opaque and its removal would improve the tonality."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

Catalogue Note

This dune landscape is a typical composition for the artist, who combined the styles of both his father Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03-1670) and cousin Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682). Jacob Salomonsz. probably worked in his father's studio for a long time: his earliest dated painting is from 1650, and he only became a member of the Haarlem guild of St. Luke in 1664. It is likely that the present work was made in that studio. The figures, although not by Salomon van Ruysdael, are clearly his own invention. His last paintings date from 1668, two years after he moved to Amsterdam. It seems that he changed profession, as he owned a hosiery shop in De Kalverstraat, which he brought into his second marriage in 1673.

This lot is sold with a photostat certificate from Wilhelm Bode, dated 26 November 1925, Berlin, and a certificate from Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, dated May 1920, 's-Gravenhage, both stating this painting to be by Salomon van Ruysdael.
We are grateful to Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck for endorsing the attribution to Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael on the basis of photographs. According to Beck, Wolfgang Stechow also thought the present painting to be by Jacob Salomonsz. and not by Salomon van Ruysdael.