Discover painter, draftsperson, etcher Jacob van Ruisdael

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: Ruisdael, Jacob Isaacksz. van
Ruysdael, Jacob van

Monogram: JVR

Permutation: JRV

Qualifications: painter, draftsperson, etcher, physician
According to Houbraken he studied Latin and Medicine; according to Wijnman 1932, he registered in 1676 as a medical practitioner in the Amsterdam register of physicians. He graduated in Caen on 15 October 1676, although this mention is refuted in Hinrichs 2013.

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Haarlem (city) 1628-06/1629-06
probably born in Haarlem, declared to be 32 years old on 9 June 1661 (Thieme/Becker 1935); born Haarlem (Slive 2001); his father married 12 November 1628 (Thieme/Becker 1935)

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1682-03/1682-03-14
probably died in Amsterdam, c. 10 March 1682 (Slive 2001); buried 14 March 1682 in the St. Bavo in Haarlem (Thieme/Becker and Slive). Houbraken thought he was buried on 16 October 1681 in Haarlem; however, this is the burial date of Jacob Salomonsz. Ruisdael.

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Isaack van Ruisdael, a.k.a. Ysaacq de Goyer (ca. 1599 - ca. 1677) and Mayken Cornelis

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Berchem, Wouwerman, Van de Velde and Lingelbach painted regularly staffage in Ruisdael's landscapes. Ruisdael painted once the landscape for a group portrait of De Keyser (Giltaij in: Sutton et al. 1987-1988, p. 438). According to Saur (1993), Gerrit Battem also would have painted staffage in Ruisdael's landscapes. This cooperation, often stated in older literature, is doubted by Slive (Slive 2001).

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1646 - 1682
His earliest work is dates from 1646 (Slive 2005, no. 547). Most of his dated works are from between 1646-1653 (M. de Kinkelder).

Active in

Haarlem (stad) 1648
from 1648 on member of the guild (Thieme/Becker), but dated works are known from 1646 on (M. de Kinkelder)
Rhenen (plaats) 1649
In 1649 he traveled to Rhenen
Bad Bentheim 1650
Probably he travelled in 1650 together with Nicolaes Berchem through Germany, especially Bentheim and Steinfurt (Sutton, Giltaij and Buvelot 2009).
Steinfurt 1650
Amersfoort (plaats) 1650
c. 1650
Haarlem (stad) 1651 - 1655
Amsterdam (stad) 1655 - 1661
in the middle of the 1650s (Thieme/Becker) or in 1657 (Slive 2001) moved to Amsterdam; on 14 June 1657 he asked to make a confession and to become a member of the Reformed Church (Thieme/Becker); in 1657 living in the Beursstraat (Thieme/Becker). On 14 June 1657 baptized in Ankeveen near Naarden (Slive 2001). On 15 January 1659 poorter (citizen) of Amsterdam (Thieme/Becker en Slive 2001).
Harderwijk (plaats, Gelderland) 1660 - 1675
early sixties of the 17th century, or later: c. 1670
Deventer (plaats) 1661
Possibly he went on a trip to the Veluwe, Deventer and Ootmarsum and to Germany, together with Meindert Hobbema.
Ootmarsum 1661
1661
Amsterdam (stad) 1661 - 1682

born in

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Ruisdael, Isaack van
Ruysdael, Salomon van
Ruisdael probably studied with his father, possibly also with his uncle Salomon van Ruysdael. Also, Allaert van Everdingen is said to have been his teacher.
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Hobbema, Meindert
Kessel, Jan van (1641-1680)
Follower of: Everdingen, Allaert van
Porcellis, Jan
Vroom, Cornelis Hendriksz.
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Bruder, Johann Friedrich Franz
Constable, John
Decker, Cornelis Gerritsz.
Heeremans, Thomas
Hooft, Jan
Kessel, Jan van (1641-1680)
Kobell, Wilhelm von
Kraul, Karl Franz
Molenaer, Klaes
Ruysdael, Jacob Salomonsz. van
Schütz, Philippine
Verboom, Adriaen Hendriksz.
Vries, Roelof Jansz. van
Woodburn, Samuel

see Giltaij in: Sutton et al. 1987-1988, p. 438
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Everdingen, Allaert van
Porcellis, Jan
Vlieger, Simon de
Vroom, Cornelis Hendriksz.

Cornelis Hendrksz. Vroom influenced him especially in 1648-1649 (Giltaij in: Sutton et al. 1987, p. 437). Jan Porcellis and Simon de Vlieger influenced his marines (ibidem, p. 439).
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Barret, George (I)
Beresteyn, Claes van
Biedermann, Johann Jakob
Blechen, Karl
Bruandet, Lazare
Budelot, Philippe
Cabat, Louis
Calame, Alexandre
Constable, John
Crome, John
Dahl, Johan Christian
Desfriches, Aignan-Thomas
Dillis, Johann Georg von
Dorner, Johann Jakob (II)
Douzette, Louis
Drielst, Egbert van
Ezdorf, Christian
Fragonard, Jean Honoré
Freystein, Johanna Marianne
Gainsborough, Thomas
Gauermann, Friedrich
Grailly, Victor de
Gross, Erwin
Gude, Hans Fredrik
Hagedorn, Christian Ludwig von
Hees, Gerrit van
Jones, Thomas
Ladbrooke, Robert
Leprince, Jean Baptiste
Lessing, Carl Friedrich
Michel, Georges
Moreau, Louis Gabriel
Nasmyth, Patrick
Overdam, Ab van
Preller, Friedrich (I)
Reinagle, Ramsay Richard
Rosenkranz, Carl Heinrich
Thomas, Thomas
Tscherning, Eleonore
Sarazin, Jean Philippe
Smith of Chichester, George
Stark, James
Williams, Edward
Williams, Edward Charles

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: landscape (genre), marine (genre), cityscape, beach scene, winter landscape, architecture (genre), interior view

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 63 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 3 (1721), p. 65-66, 321, 358, 360 (as: Jakob Ruisdaal, mixing up his life dates with his cousin Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael)
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , vol. 2 (1910), p. 517 (Ruisdael, Jacob Isaakszoon)
Hofstede de Groot 1907-1928 (German edition) , vol. 4 (1911), p. 5-364
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 29 (1935), p. 190-193
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 277
Gerson 1942/1983 , passim
Bachrach 1971
Bol 1973 , p. 276-282
The Illustrated Bartsch (1978-) , vol. 1 (1978), p. 301-307
Hollstein et al. 1949-2010 , vol. 20 [1978], p. 167-183
Witt Checklist 1978
Sutton/Blankert 1987 , p. 437-465
Van der Willigen/De Kinkelder (typescript 1993/1998)
Schneider/Robinson/Davies 1995 , P. Biesboer, 'Topographical identifications for a number of "Haerlempjes" by Jacob van Ruisdael', p. 36-39, 286-288, figs. 1-6 J. Giltaij, 'Further additions to Jacob van Ruisdael', p. 87-88, 312-314, figs. 1-6 E. Haverkamp Begemann, 'Jacob van Ruisdael's interest in construction', p. 97-99, 319-320, figs. 1-3
Giltaij/Kelch 1996 , p. 309-314
Manuth/Rüger 2004 , G. S. Keyes, 'Reflections on Three Landscapes by Jacob van Ruisdael', p. 42-53 S. Slive, 'Jacob van Ruisdael's Clientele', p. 176-187
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

A. Bredius, 'Het geboortejaar van Jacob van Ruisdael', Oud-Holland 6 (1888), p. 21-24
A. Bredius, 'Twee testamenten van Jacob van Ruisdael', Oud-Holland 33 (1919), p. 19-25
H.F. Wijnman, 'Het leven der Ruysdaels', Oud Holland 49 (1932), p. 49-60, 173-181, 258-175
M. Woodall, 'A Note on Gainsborough and Ruisdael', The Burlington Magazine 66 (1935), no. 382, p. 40-41
J. Giltaij, 'De tekeningen van Jacob van Ruisdael', Oud Holland 94 (1980), p. 141-208
S. Slive, 'Additions to Jacob van Ruysdael', Burlington Magazine 133 (1991), p. 598-606
S. Michalski, 'Die emblematische Bedeutung der Bleichen in den 'Haarlempjes' der Jacob van Ruisdael', Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 31 (1992), p. 68-76
J. Giltaij, 'The problem of Isaack van Ruisdael (1599-1677)', The Burlington Magazine, 134 (1992), p. 180-182
U.B. Wegener, 'Zur Landschaftskonzeption Jacob van Ruisdaels. Bilderfindung und Naturbeobachtung', Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 16 (1997), p. 113-124
R. van der Neut, 'Meesterlijk: Ruisdael, expositie in wording', Tableau 24, no. 2 (April 2002), p. 70-75
I. van Thiel-Stroman, 'Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael‘, in: Painting in Haarlem 1500-1850. The collection of the Frans Hals Museum, Ghent-Haarlem 2006, p. 281-286
N.E. Middelkoop, 'Ruisdaels Gezicht op Amsterdam vanaf de Amsteldijk. Een bijzondere aanwinst van het Amsterdams Historisch Museum', in: De verbeelde wereld. Liber amicorum voor Boudewijn Bakker, Bussum 2008, p. 152-158
W. Kloek, 'Fantasie en werkelijkheid bij Roelant Roghman en Jacob van Ruisdael', Kasteelkatern 11, no. 26 (September 2009), p. 4-7
B. den Otter, 'Een Duitse 'Nachwirkung'-prent. Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn en de landschappen van Jacob van Ruisdael ', in: Ch. Dumas (ed.), Liber Amicorum Dorine van Sasse van Ysselt. Collegiale bijdragen over teken- en prentkunst, Den Haag 2011, p. 269-276
J. Zwakenberg, korte bijdrage: 'Een nieuwe interpretatie van een Amsterdams stadsgezicht van Jacob van Ruisdael', Oud Holland 126 (2013), p. 52-57
J.P. Hinrichs, korte bijdrage: 'Nogmaals over een oud raadsel: Jacob van Ruisdael, Arnold Houbraken en de Amsterdamse naamlijst van geneesheren', Oud Holland 126 (2013), p. 58-62
J. Giltaij, 'Tien tekeningen van Jacob van Ruisdael', in: Ch. Dumas et al. (eds.), Liber Amicorum Marijke de Kinkelder. Collegiale bijdragen over landschappen, marines en architectuur, Den Haag 2013, p. 147-158
J.P. Hinrichs, 'Luttele regels en eeuwen verwarring. Arnold Houbraken en Jacob van Ruisdael', Nieuw Letterkundig Magazijn 31 (Dec. 2013), no. 2, p. 60-65
J.P. Hinrichs, 'De doop van Jacob van Ruisdael in Ankeveen', De historie van Ankeveen - ’s-Graveland - Kortenhoef 30 (2014), no. 1, p. 22-25
L.M. Schoemaker, 'Een straatje in Harderwijk door Jacob van Ruisdael / A little street in Harderwijk by Jacob van Ruisdael', RKD Bulletin 2016, no. 1, p. 3-10
Nils Büttner, 'Ruisdaels Motive und seine Kunden', Beiträge zur alten Malerei und zum Sammeln von Kunst. Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte. Neue Folge 4 (2019), p. 31-30
J. Giltaij, ‘Weer nieuwe tekeningen van Jacob van Ruisdael’, in: Ch. Dumas, R.E.O. Ekkart and C. van de Puttelaar (eds), Connoisseurship. Essays in Honour of Fred G. Meijer, Leiden 2020, p. 148-155
L.M. Schoemaker, ‘Jacob van Ruisdael tekent de Kamperbuitenpoort in Amersfoort’, in: Ch. Dumas, R.E.O. Ekkart and C. van de Puttelaar (eds), Connoisseurship. Essays in Honour of Fred G. Meijer, Leiden 2020, p. 269-274

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Archive location: archief Cornelis Hofstede de Groot
Project: Gerson Digital : Germany

External links: this artist in Ecartico

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Creation date: 1992-01-25; Last modified date: 2023-03-27

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