Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03 - 1670)

From 1616 onwards, Salomon van Ruysdael probably lived in Haarlem, which was famous for its “lantschap-maeckers” (landscape painters). The esteemed and well-to-do uncle of Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (1628/29– 1682) became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1623, dean in 1648, and headman from 1647–1669. Besides painting, he became prosperous mainly through trading in laundry blue for the Haarlem bleaching-fields. His early works from around 1626 onwards are reminiscent of the paintings of Esaias van der Velde (1587–1630), who worked in Haarlem from 1609 until 1618. Apart from the influence of Pieter de Molijn (1595–1661) there are strong similarities with the contemporary works of Jan van Goyen (1596–1656), together with whom Ruysdael counts among the representatives of classic Dutch landscape painting.

Author: Oehring Erika

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 58