Sailing Vessels on an Inland Body of Water, Salomon van Ruysdael, c. 1640 - c. 1645

…; sale, M. Blyckaerts (Brussels), Paris (Clisorius), 28 November 1808, no. 83 (‘Une Vue d’eau où l’on voit plusieurs chaloupes. B.’);{A printed label with the same text as in the sale catalogue was attached to the reverse of the panel.}…; purchased in France by the dealer Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, before 1929;{On the reverse of the panel and the frame there are labels of the packing company Chenue of Paris with the handwritten name N. Beets. The painting is also illustrated in R.R. Tatlock, ‘Notable Works of Art Now on the Market’, _The Burlington Magazine_ 55 (1929), December Supplement, pl. 12, as belonging to N. Beets.}…; donated by Sir Henri W.A. Deterding (1866-1939), London, to the museum, with 17 other paintings, 1936; on loan to the Royal Collection of the Netherlands, The Hague, since 1963

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