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Landscape with a Church by a Torrent
Jacob van Ruisdaelc. 1670
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Landscape with a Church by a Torrent
- Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
- Date Created: c. 1670
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 100.3 x 83.8 x 10.8 cm (39 1/2 x 33 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 71 x 55.2 cm (27 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: 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
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.256
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Signed lower right: JvRuisdael [JvR in monogram]"
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 1962.256
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