Castle on a River
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Castle on a River

1644
Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1602–1670) visual detail
ArtistSalomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1602–1670)
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Provenance

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Paul Oppenheimer, Littleborough, Lancashire;

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M. B. Asscher, London, 1946;

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J. Singer, London, 1948;

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[Leonard Koetser, London, 1962 to 1967];

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[E. Speelman, London];

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(sale: Sotheby’s, London, March 24, 1971, no. 104);

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[Bruno Meissner, Zurich];

Source provenance text

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.

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Exhibitions

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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). London, Leonard Koester Gallery, 1962: "Spring Exhibition of Fine Flemish, Dutch, and Italian Old Masters," cat. no. 2, color illus. London, Leonard Koester Gallery, 1967: "Spring Exhibition of Fine Flemish, Dutch, and Italian Old Masters," cat. no. 15. CMA 1973: "Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century," no catalogue. CMA February 1974: "Year in Review," cat., Bull., LXI (February 1974), cat.no. 43, repr.p. 42.

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Sourced Overview Evidence

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.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 8 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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