Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

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Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

Jacob van RuisdaelLinkedCulture matchlcp-408c23b5078c

Date
c. 1670
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
Netherlands
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
137331

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It is not known if Ruisdael considered his paintings to be social or moral commentary, for no documents from his lifetime indicate how the artist or his patrons interpreted the works. But in this painting dangerous rapids block access to the chapel, and severed logs litter the middleground, hinting at life’s transience and the challenge to reach salvation.

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Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
Provenance
1962-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | 1949-1962: Jane Taft Ingalls [1874-1962], Cleveland, OH, upon her death, held in trust by the estate Estate of Jane Taft Ingalls, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1949: (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY, sold to Jane Taft Ingalls) | 1946-1949: Baroness Clarice von Rothschild [1894-1967], widow of Baron Alphonse, New York, NY, sold to Rosenberg & Stiebel | 1945-1946: In possession of the Allies, restituted to Clarice von Rothschild, widow of Alphonse1 | 1938-1945: In possession of the Nazis; selected by Hitler for the Führermuseum, Linz1 | Probably 1905-1938: Baron Alphonse von Rothschild, Vienna [1878-1942], confiscated by the Nazis | 1874-1905: Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild, Vienna [1836-1905], by descent to his nephew, Baron Alphonse von Rothschild | Probably 1873-1874: Baron Anselm von Rothschild [1803-1874], Vienna, by descent to his son, Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild | 1873: (Rochebousseau sale, Pillet, Paris, May 5-8, 1873, no. 198, sold to Guénot)1 | Until 1873: Marquis de La Rochebousseau

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