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Salomon Jacobsz van Ruysdael
View of the River Lek and the Town of Vianen1668

Not on view
Oil painting of a wide river landscape with cattle on a sandy bank, fishing figures hauling nets, sailing vessels on the water, and a distant town under a cloudy sky
Close-up detail of an oil painting's lower corner, showing a muted grey-brown tonal ground with visible craquelure and a partially legible cursive signature in dark paint.
Artist or Maker
Salomon Jacobsz van Ruysdael
Northern Netherlands, circa 1602-1670
Title
View of the River Lek and the Town of Vianen
Date Made
1668
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 22 1/2 × 35 7/8 in. (57.15 × 91.12 cm) Framed: 32 × 45 1/2 × 3 in. (81.28 × 115.57 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter
Accession Number
M.2009.106.21
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Sir William Drake (1817–1890), Weybridge, Surrey, by inheritance to his niece and adopted daughter; Ella Katharine (Mrs. Alfred) Hornsby-Drake (1846–1930), London (estate sale, London, Christie’s, 11 Mar. 1932, lot 88, ill., sold for £630 to); [Gooden & Fox, London, still in 1954]. [A. Brod, London, in 1955].(1) J. Lowenstein, London.(2) [Noortman & Brod, Maastricht, sold 1983 to]; Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Carter, Los Angeles, given 2009 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) Possibly owned in shares with Gooden & Fox.

(2) Owner of painting cited by Stechow 1975, no. 473A, p. 142.

Selected Bibliography
  • King, Jennifer, ed. Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.

  • Walsh, Amy L. The Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carter Collection of Dutch Paintings. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019. https://archive.org/details/Carter_Collection_Dutch_Paintings (accessed May 23, 2022).