Lot 288: Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/01-1670) wooded landscape with a farmhouse. Inscribed in

Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/01-1670) wooded landscape with a farmhouse. Inscribed in brown ink lower right: J. Ruisdael. Black chalk. 102 by 195mm Inscribed in brown ink on the back of the frame: Original drawing by Jacob Ruysdael/(early c. 1649-1650)/W.R. Valentiner/march 9. 1941. The extensive underdrawing found in so many of Salomon van Ruysdael's landscape paintings is often held up as the explanation for the fact that no preparatory drawings for these paintings are known; the artist appears simply to have drawn directly onto the panel or canvas, rather than working out his compositions in advance on paper. On the basis of comparison with these underdrawings and general stylistic similarities to the artist's paintings, a small number of drawin

Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/01-1670)
wooded landscape with a farmhouse.
Inscribed in brown ink lower right: J. Ruisdael.
Black chalk.
102 by 195mm
Inscribed in brown ink on the back of the frame: Original drawing by Jacob Ruysdael/(early c. 1649-1650)/W.R. Valentiner/march 9. 1941.
The extensive underdrawing found in so many of Salomon van Ruysdael's landscape paintings is often held up as the explanation for the fact that no preparatory drawings for these paintings are known; the artist appears simply to have drawn directly onto the panel or canvas, rather than working out his compositions in advance on paper. On the basis of comparison with these underdrawings and general stylistic similarities to the artist's paintings, a small number of drawings have been plausibly attributed to Salomon, to which the present sheet can be compared; the best examples are in Berlin, Paris (Louvre and Lugt Collection) and Rotterdam (see Dessins de Paysagistes Hollandais, exh. cat., Brussels/Rotterdam/ Paris/Berne, 1968-9, vol.i, p.131). Attributed to Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/01-1670)
wooded landscape with a farmhouse.
Inscribed in brown ink lower right: J. Ruisdael.
Black chalk.
102 by 195mm
Inscribed in brown ink on the back of the frame: Original drawing by Jacob Ruysdael/(early c. 1649-1650)/W.R. Valentiner/march 9. 1941.
The extensive underdrawing found in so many of Salomon van Ruysdael's landscape paintings is often held up as the explanation for the fact that no preparatory drawings for these paintings are known; the artist appears simply to have drawn directly onto the panel or canvas, rather than working out his compositions in advance on paper. On the basis of comparison with these underdrawings and general stylistic similarities to the artist's paintings, a small number of drawings have been plausibly attributed to Salomon, to which the present sheet can be compared; the best examples are in Berlin, Paris (Louvre and Lugt Collection) and Rotterdam (see Dessins de Paysagistes Hollandais, exh. cat., Brussels/Rotterdam/ Paris/Berne, 1968-9, vol.i, p.131).