Lot Essay
Derives from a picture by Jakob van Ruisdael in the Uffizi, Florence. Slive (loc. cit.) lists the present picture as a copy, noting that a date of 1645 is unfeasible for this composition.
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A wooded river landscape with a waterfall
Details
Follower of Jakob Isaacsz. van Ruisdael
A wooded river landscape with a waterfall
with monogram and date 'JVR 164[.]' (lower left, on a boulder)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
20¼ x 25½ in. (51.4 x 64.8 cm.)
A wooded river landscape with a waterfall
with monogram and date 'JVR 164[.]' (lower left, on a boulder)
oil on canvas laid down on panel
20¼ x 25½ in. (51.4 x 64.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 25 November 1966, lot 71, as 'Jacob van Ruisdael, dated 1645'.
Lord Plowden G.B.E., K.C.B. (1907-2001), Martels Manor, Great Dunmow, Essex, and by descent to the present owners.
Lord Plowden G.B.E., K.C.B. (1907-2001), Martels Manor, Great Dunmow, Essex, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
S. Slive, Jacob van Ruisdael, catalogue of the exhibition, 1982, p. 142, under no. 50.
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