Sailing Vessels on an Inland Body of Water

Sailing Vessels on an Inland Body of Water

SK-A-3258

signature and date, lower left, on the rowing boat: ‘SvR·16[.. ]’

Gezicht op een uitgestrekt binnenwater of meer met kaagschepen. Op de voorgrond twee personen in een roeibootje, in het midden een veerschip. Links aan de horizon een torenspits en de contouren van enkele huizen.

painter: Salomon van Ruysdael (signed by artist)

c. 1640 - c. 1645

olieverf op paneel

• depth 7.7 cm
• height 50 cm x width 69 cm

Kaagschepen werden vooral gebruikt voor het onderhouden van verbindingen tussen de steden Amsterdam, Haarlem en Leiden. De wijdsheid van het water doet vermoeden dat dit het Haarlemmermeer is.

Gift of H.W.A. Deterding, London

gift 1936-06

Public domain

…; sale, M. Blyckaerts (Brussels), Paris (Clisorius), 28 November 1808, no. 83 (`Une Vue d´eau où l´on voit plusieurs chaloupes. B.´);{A printed label with the same text as in the sale catalogue was attached to the reverse of the panel.}…; purchased in France by the dealer Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, before 1929;{On the reverse of the panel and the frame there are labels of the packing company Chenue of Paris with the handwritten name N. Beets. The painting is also illustrated in R.R. Tatlock, `Notable Works of Art Now on the Market´, _The Burlington Magazine_ 55 (1929), December Supplement, pl. 12, as belonging to N. Beets.}…; donated by Sir Henri W.A. Deterding (1866-1939), London, to the museum, with 17 other paintings, 1936; on loan to the Royal Collection of the Netherlands, The Hague, since 1963

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.

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