id:			139816
accession number:	1963.575
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.575
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:30.877000

Wooded and Hilly Landscape
, 1660s. Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682). Oil on canvas; framed: 73 x 81.5 x 11 cm (28 3/4 x 32 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.); unframed: 51.6 x 59.4 cm (20 5/16 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1963.575

title:				Wooded and Hilly Landscape

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creation date:			1660s
creation date earliest:		1660
creation date latest:		1669
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 73 x 81.5 x 11 cm (28 3/4 x 32 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 51.6 x 59.4 cm (20 5/16 x 23 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed lower left: "JvRuisdael [JvR in monogram]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century
	opening date:   1973-07-10T04:00:00
	<i>Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Johann Matthias de Neufville Gontrad [1754-1794], Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, upon his death, by inheritance to his wife
	date: -1754
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	Wife of Johann Matthias de Neufville Gontrad, by gift or sold to the Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, 1817
	date: 1754-1817
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	Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main (no. 270 in the catalogue of 1900)
	date: 1817-possibly 1900
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	August Berg (Portland, Oregon), 1921
	date: 1921
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	Frederick Mont [1894-1994], New York, NY, probably sold to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.,
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	Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., [1909-1988], New York, NY, sold through Frederick Mont, New York, NY, to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963.
	date: 1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1963-
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fun fact:


digital description:
Jacob van Ruisdael, one of the most eminent Dutch landscape painters, is revered for his brooding woodland compositions. With much of this painting's composition dedicated to nature alone, an underlying sense of sublimity is heightened by Ruisdael through the inclusion of several diminutive figures. A mother and child trudge through a weathered path in the foreground, their pet dog following closely at their side, while a lone traveler approaches from the foliage ahead of them. This work is an excellent representation of the artist's later period, speaking to both his preoccupation with meticulous detail and the transitory relationship between humans and nature.

wall description:
Ruisdael did not paint outdoors, but composed his paintings in the studio from drawings made in the open air. Unlike many other landscape painters, Ruisdael prized accurate representation of plant life, and botanists can consistently identify the precise species in his paintings, such as the oak trees here.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” September 3, 1964, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1268

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 125
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n149

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 125
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n149

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 161
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n181

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 265-266; Reproduced: p. 265
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.575/1963.575_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.575/1963.575_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.575/1963.575_full.tif