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Castle on a River
Salomon van Ruysdael1644
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Castle on a River
- Creator: Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1602-1670)
- Date Created: 1644
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 57 x 79 x 5.5 cm (22 7/16 x 31 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 39.3 x 60.5 cm (15 1/2 x 23 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: 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.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.2
- Medium: oil on wood
- Inscriptions: Signed lower left on boat: "S.VR / 1644 (VR in monogram]"
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 1973.2
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