'Le coup de soleil' (Fantasy View of Alkmaar)
Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628 - Amsterdam 1682)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1669 - 1675
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
400 x 406 mm (15 3/4 x 16 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446731
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Le coup de soleil' (Fantasy View of Alkmaar) by Jacob van Ruisdael (1628-1682). A view towards the Dutch town of Alkmaar, with the Grote Kerk standing out on the horizon; nearer the foreground the castle of Egmond, left, and a windmill, right, and cottages among trees; beyond lies the flat landscape, momentarily lit by the sun breaking through rain clouds. Inscribed - J. v. Ruisdael (signed, JvR in monogram).
Provenance
Count de Mornay sale, Phillips, 20 June 1848, lot 39; Holford Collection by 1851; Sir George Holford sale, Christie's, 17 May 1928, lot 40: bought by Knoedler on behalf of Lord Bearsted, for £6,300 + 10% = £6,930; given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death in 1948
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
J. v. Ruisdael (signed, JvR in monogram)
Makers and roles
Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628 - Amsterdam 1682), artist
