Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009756About the Artwork
It is not known if Ruisdael considered his paintings to be social or moral commentary, for no documents from his lifetime indicate how the artist or his patrons interpreted the works. But in this painting dangerous rapids block access to the chapel, and severed logs litter the middleground, hinting at life’s transience and the challenge to reach salvation.
Inscriptions
Signed lower right: JvRuisdael [JvR in monogram]"
Provenance
1962-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1949-1962: Jane Taft Ingalls [1874-1962], Cleveland, OH, upon her death, held in trust by the estate Estate of Jane Taft Ingalls, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1949: (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, sold to Jane Taft Ingalls) 1946-1949: Baroness Clarice von Rothschild [1894-1967], widow of Baron Alphonse, New York, NY, sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel 1945-1946: In possession of the Allies, restituted to Clarice von Rothschild, widow of Alphonse1 1938-1945: In possession of the Nazis; selected by Hitler for the Führermuseum, Linz1 Probably 1905-1938: Baron Alphonse von Rothschild, Vienna [1878-1942], confiscated by the Nazis 1874-1905: Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild, Vienna [1836-1905], by descent to his nephew, Baron Alphonse von Rothschild Probably 1873-1874: Baron Anselm von Rothschild [1803-1874], Vienna, by descent to his son, Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild 1873: (Rochebousseau sale, Pillet, Paris, May 5-8, 1873, no. 198, sold to Guénot)1 Until 1873: Marquis de La Rochebousseau
Exhibition history
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).
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
- c. 1670
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 100.3 x 83.8 x 10.8 cm (39 1/2 x 33 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 71 x 55.2 cm (27 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
- Accession no.
- 1962.256
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