Jacob van Ruisdael Sketching a Watermill

Jacob van Ruisdael Sketching a Watermill

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This painting was part of a ‘historical gallery’, a collection of paintings and sculptures glorifying Dutch art. The landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael was one of the 17th-century artists to be honoured with a painting. He is shown here out-of-doors, in the act of sketching a watermill. Bilders was clearly more skilled in painting the landscape than in rendering the figure.

M. Jonkman, Tussen binnen en buiten. Plein-air schilderen in de negentiende eeuw, Kunstschrift, jaargang 51, nr. 3 (juni/juli 2007), p. 24, afb. 27

painter: Gerard Bilders, Netherlands

1864

olieverf op doek

height 86.5 cm x width 61.5 cm

purchase 1988-11-16

Public domain

Inv.; from the dealer Boussod, Valadon & Cie., The Hague, fl. 75,000, with 98 other paintings, to Jan Christiaan van Hattum van Ellewoutsdijk (1837-1909), Scheveningen, 1895;{Stolwijk 1998, p. 341.] his collection, 1895-1909 (on loan, with 98 other paintings, to the city of The Hague, 1896-1901);{Stolwijk 1998, p. 341.} ? his son, Johannis Tobias van Hattum (1866-1948), Beverwijk; his son, F.W.D.C.A. van Hattum (1900-79), Borssele, 1978;{Amsterdam 1978, p. 243 no. 96.}…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Christie´s), 16 November 1988, no. 199, fl. 11,000, to the museum

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

M. Jonkman, Tussen binnen en buiten. Plein-air schilderen in de negentiende eeuw, Kunstschrift, jaargang 51, nr. 3 (juni/juli 2007), p. 24, afb. 27

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