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Landscape with a Church by a Torrent
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
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Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

c. 1670
Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682) visual detail
ArtistJacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682)
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Provenance

Public
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...

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 Rosenber...

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

Source provenance text

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 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 (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, sold to Jane Taft Ingalls) Baroness Clarice von Rothschild [1894-1967], widow of Baron Alphonse, New York, NY, sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel In possession of the Allies, restituted to Clarice von Rothschild, widow of Alphonse1 In possession of the Nazis; selected by Hitler for the Führermuseum, Linz1 Baron Alphonse von Rothschild, Vienna [1878-1942], confiscated by the Nazis Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild, Vienna [1836-1905], by descent to his nephew, Baron Alphonse von Rothschild Baron Anselm von Rothschild [1803-1874], Vienna, by descent to his son, Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (Rochebousseau sale, Pillet, Paris, May 5-8, 1873, no. 198, sold to Guénot)1 Marquis de La Rochebousseau

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Exhibitions

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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). Vienna, Oesterreichisches museum für kunst und Industrie, 1873: "Ausstellung alter Gemälde aus Wiener privtbesitz," cat. no. 122. CMA, November 1962: "Year in Review," cat., Bull., (Nov. 1962), cat. no. 96, repr. p. 212. CMA, 1973: "Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century," no catalogue.

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Sourced Overview Evidence

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.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 11 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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