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Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

c. 1670
(Dutch, 1628/29–1682)
Framed: 100.3 x 83.8 x 10.8 cm (39 1/2 x 33 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 71 x 55.2 cm (27 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

It is not known if Ruisdael considered his paintings to be social or moral commentary, for no documents from his lifetime indicate how the artist or his patrons interpreted the works. But in this painting dangerous rapids block access to the chapel, and severed logs litter the middleground, hinting at life’s transience and the challenge to reach salvation.
  • 1962-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
    1949-1962
    Jane Taft Ingalls [1874-1962], Cleveland, OH, upon her death, held in trust by the estate Estate of Jane Taft Ingalls, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1949
    (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, sold to Jane Taft Ingalls)
    1946-1949
    Baroness Clarice von Rothschild [1894-1967], widow of Baron Alphonse, New York, NY, sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel
    1945-1946
    In possession of the Allies, restituted to Clarice von Rothschild, widow of Alphonse1
    1938-1945
    In possession of the Nazis; selected by Hitler for the Führermuseum, Linz1
    Probably 1905-1938
    Baron Alphonse von Rothschild, Vienna [1878-1942], confiscated by the Nazis
    1874-1905
    Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild, Vienna [1836-1905], by descent to his nephew, Baron Alphonse von Rothschild
    Probably 1873-1874
    Baron Anselm von Rothschild [1803-1874], Vienna, by descent to his son, Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild
    1873
    (Rochebousseau sale, Pillet, Paris, May 5-8, 1873, no. 198, sold to Guénot)1
    Until 1873
    Marquis de La Rochebousseau
  • Slive, Seymour. Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 
    Slive, Seymour. Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 
    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.
    Saemy Rosenberg, letter to Jane Taft Ingalls, June 23, 1949, in CMA curatorial file.
    Saemy Rosenberg, letter to Jane Taft Ingalls, June 23, 1949, in CMA curatorial file.
    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.
    Kunth, Felicitas. Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien. Wien: Böhlau, 2006. 
    Schwarz, Birgit. Hitlers Museum: die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz : Dokumente zum "Führermuseum". Wien: Böhlau, 2004. 

    Lillie, Sophie. Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens. Wien: Czernin, 2003. 
    Schwarz, Birgit. Hitlers Museum: die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz : Dokumente zum "Führermuseum". Wien: Böhlau, 2004. 
    Kunth, Felicitas. Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien. Wien: Böhlau, 2006.
    Datenbank zum Central Collecting Point München, Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed 2013, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=11298&fld_3=&auswahl=6&fld_4=&fld_4a=&fld_5=&fld_6=&fld_7=&fld_8=&fld_9=&fld_10=&suchen=Suchen
    inzer Sammlung – Datenbank, Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed 2013, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/linzdb/indexe.html.
    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.
    Saemy Rosenberg, letter to Jane Taft Ingalls, June 23, 1949, in CMA curatorial file.
    Lillie, Sophie. Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens. Wien: Czernin, 2003. 
    Schwarz, Birgit. Hitlers Museum: die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz : Dokumente zum "Führermuseum". Wien: Böhlau, 2004. 

    Kunth, Felicitas. Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien. Wien: Böhlau, 2006. 

    Linzer Sammlung – Datenbank, Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed 2013, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/linzdb/indexe.html.
    Datenbank zum Central Collecting Point München, Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed 2013, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=11298&fld_3=&auswahl=6&fld_4=&fld_4a=&fld_5=&fld_6=&fld_7=&fld_8=&fld_9=&fld_10=&suchen=Suchen
    Slive, Seymour. Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 
    Kunth, Felicitas. Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien. Wien: Böhlau, 2006. 

    Schwarz, Birgit. Hitlers Museum: die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz : Dokumente zum "Führermuseum". Wien: Böhlau, 2004.
    Lillie, Sophie. Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens. Wien: Czernin, 2003. 

    Saemy Rosenberg, letter to Jane Taft Ingalls, June 23, 1949, in CMA curatorial file.
    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.
    Linzer Sammlung – Datenbank, Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed 2013, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/linzdb/indexe.
    Datenbank zum Central Collecting Point München, Deutsches Historisches Museum, accessed 2013, http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/ccp/dhm_ccp.php?seite=6&fld_1=11298&fld_3=&auswahl=6&fld_4=&fld_4a=&fld_5=&fld_6=&fld_7=&fld_8=&fld_9=&fld_10=&suchen=Suc
    Saemy Rosenberg, letter to Jane Taft Ingalls, June 23, 1949, in CMA curatorial file.
    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.
    Slive, Seymour. Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 
    Slive, Seymour. Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 
    Kunth, Felicitas. Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien. Wien: Böhlau, 2006. 
    Katalog der Gemälde alter Meister aus dem Wiener Privatbesitze, ausgestellt im k.k.Österreichischen Museum August-September 1873.  Wien: K.K. Osterreichischen Museum, 1873.


    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.


    Saemy Rosenberg, letter to Jane Taft Ingalls, June 23, 1949, in CMA curatorial file.
    Slive, Seymour. Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 
    Durand-Ruel, Paul, Eug Féral, and Ch Pillet. Catalogue de tableaux de premier ordre anciens & modernes composant la Galerie de M. le Marquis de La Rocheb.: b dont la vente aura lieu, Boulevard des Italiens no 26, les 5, 6, 7 et 8 mai 1873, a deux heures. 1873.
    Seymour Slive, letter to Victoria Sears Goldman, June 22, 2013, in CMA curatorial file.


    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 264; Mentioned: p. 263
  • Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).
    CMA, 1973: "Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century," no catalogue.
    Vienna, Oesterreichisches museum für kunst und Industrie, 1873: "Ausstellung alter Gemälde aus Wiener privtbesitz," cat. no. 122.
    CMA, November 1962: "Year in Review," cat., Bull., (Nov. 1962), cat. no. 96, repr. p. 212.
    Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
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