Lot 129: Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)

Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem) A wooded landscape with a herdsman on horseback driving his cattle and shepherds with their flock, a man walking his dogs in the dunes, a village with the ruins of Egmond Abbey beyond signed and dated 'SvRVISDAEL• 1663' ('SvR' linked, lower left) oil on panel 13½ x 24 7/8 in. (34.2 x 63.1 cm.)

34.2 x 63.1 cm.

with Duits, London.

This unrecorded work can be compared with Ruysdael's slightly earlier panel, dated 1657, also showing Egmond Abbey, sold in these Rooms, 9 July 1999, lot 37 (£120,000). We are grateful to Fred Meijer and Ellis Dullaart of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution to Ruysdael, on the basis of photographs.