River View of the Valkhof at Nijmegen
Auction Closed
May 21, 02:59 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000,000 - 6,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Salomon van Ruysdael
Naarden circa 1602 - 1670 Haarlem
River View of the Valkhof at Nijmegen
signed and dated lower center on the boat: S.v R. 1652
oil on oak panel
panel: 27 ½ by 36 ⅜ in.; 69.9 by 92.4 cm
framed: 37 by 45 ⅞ in.; 94.0 by 116.5 cm
William Hare (1751-1837), Lord Ennismore, later 1st Earl of Listowel, Kingston House, Knightsbridge, acquired circa 1800-1815;
Thence by descent until sold ("The Property of the Trustees of the Earl of Listowel Will Trust, Sold by Order of the Trustees"), London, Christie's, 8 July 1983, lot 7;
With John Mitchell and Son, London;
Linda and Gerald Guterman, New York;
Their sale, New York, Sotheby's, 14 January 1988, lot 33;
Where acquired by Renata and Michal Hornstein, Montreal;
From whom acquired via private sale, Sotheby's, New York, by Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III, 1999.
W. Liedtke, The Golden Ambience: Dutch Landscape Painting in the Seventeenth Century, exhibition catalogue, New York 1985, n.p., cat. no. 7, reproduced;
R.W. Walker, "Dutch Still Lifes: Horns of Plenty," in ARTnews (April 1988), p. 21;
F.J. Duparc, The Renata and Michal Hornstein Collection, European Old Masters, Montreal 1990, unpublished manuscript, n.p., cat. no. 89;
A.K. Wheelock, Jr., in Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age, exhibition catalogue, A. van Suchtelen and A.K. Wheelock, Jr. (eds.), Zwolle 2008, pp. 164-165, cat. no. 38, reproduced;
A.K. Wheelock, Jr., in With Observation and Imagination: Still Lifes, Genre Scenes, Portraits, and Landscapes from the Saunders Collection, exhibition catalogue, A.K. Wheelock, Jr. (ed.), New York 2021, pp. 70-74, 169, cat. no. 14, reproduced.
New York, Minskoff Cultural Center, The Golden Ambience: Dutch Landscape Painting in the Seventeenth Century, 19 May - 2 June 1985, no. 7 (lent by a private collection, New York);
The Hague, Mauritshuis; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age, 11 October 2008 - 3 May 2009, no. 38;
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection, 20 March 2023 - 30 January 2025, no. 14.
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