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About the Artwork
Salomon van Ruysdael, the uncle of Jacob van Ruisdael, here represents a free interpretation of the Castle Loevenstein. In addition to its picturesque qualities, the castle had great political and cultural importance as the official state prison and a key fort in the southern Netherlands. Painted just before the Dutch won independence from Spain in 1648, the painting likely expressed nationalist pride for its owner.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left on boat: "S.VR / 1644 (VR in monogram]"
Provenance
Paul Oppenheimer, Littleborough, Lancashire; M. B. Asscher, London, 1946; J. Singer, London, 1948; [Leonard Koetser, London, 1962 to 1967]; [E. Speelman, London]; (sale: Sotheby’s, London, March 24, 1971, no. 104); [Bruno Meissner, Zurich]; [Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1972], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1973.
Exhibition history
Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973). Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1602–1670)
- Date
- 1644
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 57 x 79 x 5.5 cm (22 7/16 x 31 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 39.3 x 60.5 cm (15 1/2 x 23 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1973.2
More by Salomon van Ruysdael in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009880
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