Jacob van Ruisdael
Landscape with Cornfields

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Artist Jacob van RuisdaelDutch, 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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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceProbably [Lebrun, Paris, Marin sale, March 22, 1790, no. 133]; purchased by Guerin; Earl of Essex, Casiobury 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]; [Parke-Bernet, Katz sale, New York, April 28, 1949, no. 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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