Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond
Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
1650–55
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About this work
The deteriorating Castle of Egmond was a visible reminder of the Dutch struggle for independence: it was sacrificially destroyed during the revolt against Spain more than 80 years before Jacob van Ruisdael produced this painting. Landscape specialists like Van Ruisdael invoked Dutch patriotism by selecting sites representative of the republic, including ruins, windmills, and city views. Ruisdael distinguished himself by working on an unusually large scale and by imbuing his scenes with drama through low horizon lines and swollen clouds.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 98 × 130 cm (38 7/8 × 51 3/8 in.)
Museum record · 7 owners · 4 exhibitions
Provenance
- Possibly Collection of Jean-André Tardieu; sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 10-11, 1867, lot 51 as Les Ruines du Château de Brederode for 3,650 francs.
- Baron Etienne Martin de Beurnonville (1789-1876), château de la Chapelle, Labbeville, Val d'Oise, France; sale of his estate, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 9, 1881, lot 451 as Ruins of the Castle of Brederode; sold to Charles Sedelmeyer (1837-1925), Paris, for 10,000 francs.
- György Ráth (1828-1905), Budapest, by 1892 until before 1905.
- P & D. Colnaghi, London, by 1906; sold to Oscar Huldschinsky (died 1931), Berlin, by Jan. 1906; offered for sale, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, May 10-11, 1928, lot 29, bought in at 61,000 marks.
- Galerie Goudstikker, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, by Dec. 1928 to at least Feb. 1929.
- Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague, by 1932; consigned to Agnews, London, Oct. 1932; returned to the Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague, Mar. 1933 until at least 1935.
- Paul Cassirer, Ltd., London, 1947, as agent for an anonymous family, with Otto Reichenheim, Canfield Gardens, London, as intermediary; sold to the Art Institute, 1947.
Exhibitions
- Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Verein, Palais Redern, Ausstellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz der Mitglieder des Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Verein, 1906, ill. Rotterdam, J. Goudstikker, Collection Goudstikker 36, 22 December 1928 - 6 January 1929; Amsterdam, 12 January - 28 February 1929.
- London, Thomas Agnew and Sons, An Exhibition of the Von Auspitz Collection of Old Masters by courtesy of Herr Walter Bachstitz, (November-December 1932).
- The Hague, Mauritshuis, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1 October 1981 - 3 January 1982; Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 18 January 1982 - 11 April 1982.
- London, Philadelphia and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jacob van Ruidael, Master of Landscape, June 26–September 18, 2005; traveled to Philadelphia, Museum of Art, October 23, 2005–February 5, 2006; London, Royal Academy or Arts, February 25–June 4, 2006.
