Jacob van Ruisdael
Landscape with Cornfields

ArtistDutch, c. 1628/29–1682
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Landscape with Cornfields
Date1670s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions21 3/4 × 24 7/8 in. (55.2 × 63.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1977.6
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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Provenance[Probably M. Marin sale, Lebrun, Paris, March 22, 1790, lot 133, purchased by Guerin]; Earls of Essex, Cassiobury Park, Kintbury, Berkshire, by 1920; [Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1928]; [Paul Bottenwieser, Berlin and New York, 1929]; [Frank T. Sabin, London, c. 1930]; [William Ziegler, New York]; Lillian Henkel Haas, Detroit; Mrs. Treat McMath, Detroit; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York]; [Milch Galleries, New York]; [Samuel Katz, New York]; [Katz sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, April 28, 1949, lot 31, purchased by Weizner]; John Nicholson, New York; Ludwik Wasserberger, Florida; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1977.



Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 14th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Picturing the Landscape: Works from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September–October 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Lower left: Ruisdael

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