Circle of Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628/9-c. 1682 Amsterdam)
A wooded landscape with a cottage by a lake
with monogram 'JvR' (lower right)
oil on canvas
26¾ x 33½ in. (68 x 85.1 cm.)
Circle of Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628/9-c. 1682 Amsterdam)
A wooded landscape with a cottage by a lake
with monogram 'JvR' (lower right)
oil on canvas
26¾ x 33½ in. (68 x 85.1 cm.)
Anonymous sale; C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, 25 May 1907, lot 166 (4,400 Francs).
with J. Depret, Paris, 1910.
with W.A. Haack, Berlin, c. 1925.
with Van Diemen & Co., Berlin, 1931.
with Benedict & Co., Berlin.
Leonhard Wertheim, Berlin & London.
with West's Galleries, London, 1938.
Anonymous sale; Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, 5 December 1946, lot 271.
with Matthiesen, London, c. 1950.
Jan van Stratum, and by descent.
Restituted to the heirs of Leonhard Wertheim.
The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Leonhard Wertheim. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné etc., IV, London, 1912, p. 270, no. 873, as 'Jacob van Ruisdael'.
J. Rosenberg, Jacob van Ruisdael, Berlin, 1928, no. 270, as 'Jacob van Ruisdael'.
K.E. Simon, Jacob van Ruisdael, Berlin, 1930, p. 76, as 'doubtful'.
K.E. Simon, 'Jacob Isackzoon van Ruisdael', in Thieme-Becker, XXIX, Berlin, 1935, p. 192, as 'not by Ruisdael'.
S. Slive, Jacob van Ruisdael: a complete catalogue of his paintings, drawings and etchings, New Haven and London, 2001, p. 641, no. dub79, under 'Dubious and wrongly attributed paintings'.
Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Meisterwerke älterer Kunst aus dem deutschen Kunsthandel, 1930, no. 72.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Retrospective Exhibition of Landscape Painting, 1931, no. 43.
London, West's Galleries, Dutch and Flemish Landscape, Patinier-Ruisdael, Summer Exhibition, 1938, no. 15.
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