Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

Salomon van Ruysdael
Figures on a path, approaching cottages
Black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash, within brown ink framing lines;
signed indistinctly with initials lower left and dated: 1631

Catalogue Note

Though many drawings have over the years been attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael, there are no documentary drawings that can be given to him with certainty, so his drawing style remains the subject of much debate. In terms of composition, this drawing is, at least, very consistent with Salomon's works of the early 1630s, and there seems no reason not to take the proposed attribution seriously.