Rough Sea at a Jetty

Rough Sea at a Jetty

Artist	Jacob van Ruisdael
Year	1650s
Dimensions	112 cm × 132 cm (44 in × 52 in)
Location	Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

Rough Sea at a Jetty (c. 1650s) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Kimbell Art Museum.

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1911, who wrote; "945. A ROUGH SEA, Sm. 2. A storm is coming on. In the centre foreground the waves dash on two jetties. Near a beacon at the end of one jetty, two men with long poles wait to help a fishing-boat which is running under full sail for the harbour. Two other boats ride at anchor near the jetty, to the right. Dark cloudy sky. A " magnificent picture " (Sm.). Canvas, 37 inches by 51 inches.

Another example, equally genuine, was in the possession of the London dealers Agnew. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 191. Sales. Antony Sijdervelt, Amsterdam, April 23, 1766 (Terw. 519), No. 49 (250 florins, Loquet). Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 198 (264 florins, P. Fouquet). Paillet, Paris, July 19, 1802 (1460 francs). Bought privately by Sm. from the family of the Marquis Merialva, 1824 (for 9000 francs), and sold to the Earl of Liverpool (for £500). Sale. Earl of Liverpool, London, March 25, 1829 (£535 Lord Lansdowne). In the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood."^[1]

This scene is very similar to other paintings Ruisdael made in this period and these often served as inspiration for later painters of seascape.

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↑ Entry 945 for ''A Rough Sea in Hofstede de Groot, 1911

Schepen in een storm voor de kust met midden voor een golfbreker met een baken in the RKD
2. A Sea View in Smith's catalogue raisonné volume 6, 1835

Works by Jacob van Ruisdael

List of paintings

Paintings	Wooded Dunes Landscape with a Cottage and Trees View of Bentheim Castle Rough Sea at a Jetty Storm Off a Sea Coast Landscape with a Windmill near a Town Moat View of Egmond aan Zee Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven Dune Landscape near Haarlem Bentheim Castle (Dublin) Two Water Mills with an Open Sluice View of the Binnenamstel at Amsterdam A Thatch-Roofed House with a Water Mill The Watermill The Arrival of Cornelis de Graeff and Members of His Family at Soestdijk, His Country Estate A Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape The Jewish Cemetery The Ray of Light A Landscape with a Ruined Castle and a Church A Wooded Marsh Waterfall in a Mountainous Landscape with a Ruined Castle Landscape with Waterfall View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground View of the Dam and Damrak at Amsterdam Frick Collection Boymans van Beuningen Mauritshuis Panoramic view of the Amstel looking toward Amsterdam¨ Mountain Landscape with a Watermill Winter Landscape near Haarlem Winter View of the Hekelveld in Amsterdam View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede View on the Amstel from Amsteldijk

Etchings	Grainfield at the Edge of a Wood Forest Marsh with Travellers on a Bank

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