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Salomon van Ruysdael

The Ferry Boat
Now On View

Maker

Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, ca. 1600-1670)

Title

The Ferry Boat

Year

1645

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Geography

Place Made: Netherlands

Dimensions

97.2 x 144.2 cm (38 1/4 x 56 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Initialed and dated on boat:S.v.R. 1645

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

33.204

Type

  • Paintings

Publications

  • Books

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

  • Books

Selected Works

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Salomon van Ruysdael’s landscape paintings often feature low horizon lines, clouds towering across a blue sky, clusters of trees, and placid waters. Using thin washes of paint on a light ground, he recorded the landscape and waterways around the Dutch city of Haarlem, where he lived. Here the body of water leads to the horizon, while the ferryboat balances the composition and offers a glimpse of everyday life in Holland. Collected by successful merchants and the Dutch nobility alike, scenes like this one represented a trend in Holland at that time toward landscapes depicting the virtues of the homeland and the poetics of the local.

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017
The Natural World, the Body, and the Divine
Feb 03, 2006 – Apr 16, 2006
From the Reserve I
Paintings of Quality from the Museum's Collection
Apr 09, 1994 – Aug 03, 1994
The Facts of Life
Dutch Paintings from the 17th Century
Jun 24, 1988 – Oct 23, 1988

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, ca. 1600-1670)
The Ferry Boat, 1645
Oil on canvas
97.2 x 144.2 cm (38 1/4 x 56 3/4 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 33.204

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