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Jacob van Ruisdael (artist)
Dutch, c. 1628/1629 - 1682
Forest Scene, c. 1655
oil on canvas
overall: 105.5 x 123.4 cm (41 9/16 x 48 9/16 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.80
From the Tour: Dutch Landscapes and Seascapes of the 1600s
Object 6 of 8
1854Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: being an account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Illuminated Mss. 3 vols. Translated from the German by Lady Eastlake. London, 1854-1857: supplement(1857):441.
1866British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom. Exh. cat. London, 1866: no. 59.
1877Exhibition of the Works of Old Masters.... Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1877: no. 199.
1885Widener 1885-1900, no. 274.
1907Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 4(1912):92, no. 285 (possibly also 119, 134, 203).
1913Widener 1913, unpaginated, repro.
1923Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro.
1928Rosenberg, Jakob. Jacob van Ruisdael. Berlin, 1928: 87, no. 241.
1930Simon, Kurt Erich. Jacob van Ruisdael: eine Darstellung seiner Entwicklung. Berlin, 1930: 62, pl. 8.
1931Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 94, repro.
1935Tietze, Hans. Meisterwerke europäischer Malerei in Amerika. Vienna, 1935: 322, no. 192 (also 1939 English ed., Masterpieces of European Painting in America, New York).
1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 6.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 58, repro.
1952Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 108, color repro.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 143
1960Baird, Thomas P. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Seven in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 18, color repro.
1960The National Gallery of Art and Its Collections. Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer. National Gallery of Art, Washington (undated, 1960s): 25.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 194, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 119.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 1:252, color repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 106, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 316, repro.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 292-293, no. 391, color repro.
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 77, pl. 64, color repro.
1981Schmidt, Winfried. Studien zur Landscaftskunst Jacob van Ruisdaels: Frühwerke und Wanderjahre. Hildesheim and New York, 1981: 90.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 292, no. 384, color repro.
1984Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1984: 36-37, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 363, repro.
1986Sutton 1986, 305.
1991Walford, E. John. Jacob van Ruisdael and the Perception of Landscape. New Haven, 1991: 102-104, 117, 144, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 136, color repro.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 339-343, color repro. 341.
2003Slive, Seymour. Jacob van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, Drawings and Etchings. New Haven, 2003: no. 295

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