Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009246About the Artwork
Even this early work by Jacob van Ruisdael—painted while he was still a teenager—shows his unique approach to landscape that made the simplest motifs seem grand and heroic. Dark forms are massed in the foreground, creating a stark contrast to the expansive, sunlit plain at left.
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: "JvR 1646 [JvR in monogram]"
Provenance
Sir Francis Cook; Sir Frederick Cook; Sir Herbert Cook, Doughty House, Richmond; Sir Francis Cook, Le Coin, Jersey, Channel Islands; Trustees of the Cook Collection (sale: Christie's, London, November 15, 1966, no. 55, listed as Follower of Ruisdael); [F. Kleinberger & Co., New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967). Master of Landscape: Jacob van Ruisdael's Paintings, Drawings and Etchings. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (June 26-September 18, 2005); Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 25-June 4, 2006). The Discovery of Landscape: Netherlandish Landscape Painting of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, D-70184 Stuttgart, Germany (organizer) (October 15, 2005-February 5, 2006).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682)
- Date
- 1646
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 69 x 88.5 x 4 cm (27 3/16 x 34 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 49.5 x 68.5 cm (19 1/2 x 26 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1967.19
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