Artists

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  Still Life with a Turkey $AU 929.02
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  River Scene $AU 234.52 ~ 851.17
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  River View near Deventer $AU 237.68 ~ 879.36
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  The Crossing at Nijmegen $AU 248.82 ~ 977.84

Solomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602 Naarden near Amsterdam-1670 Haarlem) traveled to Haarlem in 1616, after the death of his father. He remained there as a wealthy and respected citizen for the rest of his life without any long periods of absence. In 1623 he was accepted by the Haarlem St. Luke's Guild; in 1648 he assumed leadership of the guild as its Deacon. Historical sources dating from 1651 also refer to van Ruysdael as "coopman", as he traded in the blue color used in the Haarlem Bleacheries. The artist left to posterity an enormous oeuvre numbering more than 800 paintings. Among them are many variations of quiet river scenes and shorescapes. Less often he painted winter and ship scenes, cavalry battles and still lifes. Dated works of his, known to have been done by his own hand, exist between 1627 and 1669. Works by the artist include River Landscape with Fishermen, 1631, The National Gallery, London; Bringing in the Herd, 1641, Landesmuseum, Mainz; and River Landscape with Ferryboat, 1649, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.