Jacob van Ruisdael
, Dutch, 1628/29-1682
Title
A Wooded LandscapeDate1661/1664
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 76 cm
Signedlower right: J Ruysdael [J R in monogram] 166[1or 4]
Credit LinePurchased, 1873
Object numberNGI.37
DescriptionRegarded as the principal landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, Jacob van Ruisdael produced about 700 paintings and some 100 drawings. He excelled in various subgenres, such as woodlands, rivers, waterfalls, mountains, seascapes, beaches and panoramic views. A Wooded Landscape exemplifies how Dutch painters manipulated landscapes for artistic purposes. Here Ruisdael used the winding road and different layers of greenvegetation in the background to create depth in the composition.
ProvenanceWilliam Beckford of Fonthill sale, Phillips, London, 10 October 1823, bt. Emmerson; Daniel Wade Acraman of Bristol by 1835; purchased, Christie's, T. Norris sale, 9 May 1873, lot 107 Exhibition HistoryCentenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, October - December 1964
Dutch Paintings of Golden Age from the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Charles W. Bowers Memorial Museum, Santa Ana, California; Midland Arts Council, Midland, Michigan; Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, 1987
From Titian to Delacroix: Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland', Yokohama Sogo Museum of Art, 25 August 1993 - 17 October 1993; Chiba Sogo Museum of Art, 10 November 1993 - 20 December 1993; Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamaguchi, 5 January 1994 - 20 February 1994; Kobe City Museum, 25 February 1994 - 10 April 1994; Isetan Museum of Art, 14 April 1994 - 24 May 1994
European Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland, National Gallery, Canberra, 25 June 1994 - 3 October 1994; Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 October 1994 - 15 January 1995