1652
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond is a 1652 oil by Jacob van Ruisdael, a Baroque work, depicting Ruins, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows a landscape with the ruins of a castle. It's a scene from the Dutch countryside, with a big sky and trees. The castle ruins tell a story about the past, and the artist chose this spot to remind people of their history. Check out the work of Jacob van Ruisdael to see more Dutch landscapes like this.
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.
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 [annotated sale cat., Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague; copy in curatorial object file]. György Ráth (1828-1905), Budapest, by 1892 until before 1905…
Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Verein, Palais Redern, Ausstellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz der Mitglieder des Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Verein, 1906, no. 117, ill. Rotterdam, J. Goudstikker, Collection Goudstikker 36, 22 December 1928 - 6 January 1929; Amsterdam, 12 January - 28 February 1929, no. 67. London, Thomas Agnew and Sons, An Exhibition of the Von Auspitz Collection of Old Masters by courtesy of Herr Walter Bachstitz, (November-December 1932) p. 16, no. 27. The Hague, Mauritshuis, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1 October 1981 - 3 January 1982; Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art…
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Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when…
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