Marine

Salomon van Ruysdael

1650 · Oil on wood · European Paintings

This well-preserved picture is one of a number that Van Ruysdael painted in Haarlem about 1650, following Jan van Goyen's somewhat earlier example. The sailboat flying the Dutch flag is a "schouw," a shallow-draft vessel used to ship goods and carry occasional passengers on inland waterways.

Artist

Salomon van Ruysdael

Date

1650

Medium

Oil on wood

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Purchase, 1871