The Ray of Light
The Ray of Light | |
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Artist | Jacob van Ruisdael |
Year | c. 1665 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 83 cm × 98 cm (33 in × 39 in) |
Location | Louvre,Paris |
The Ray of Light,also known asLe Coup de Soleil,(c. 1665) is anoilon canvas painting by theDutchpainterJacob van Ruisdael. It is an example ofDutch Golden Age paintingand is now in the collection of theLouvre Museum.
This painting was documented byHofstede de Grootin 1911, who wrote; "664. THE BURST OF SUNSHINE (" Le Coup de Soleil ").
Sm. 11.A road leads diagonally across the picture from the left foreground to the right distance. On the left a horseman in a red cloak rides forward; a beggar asks him for alms. A dog runs in front. In the centre the road crosses a stone bridge of four arches over a river to a ruined square tower with an archway. The broad river flows to the right, where three persons bathe near rocks in mid stream. On the farther bank are hills, with a ruined castle half-way up the slope. To the right is a wind-mill; farther back is a village with a church tower. A ray of sunlight, breaking through thick clouds, falls on a field in the left middle distance. The figures, though ascribed in the catalogue toPh. Wouwerman,are by Ruisdael himself. The picture is strongly influenced byRembrandt's landscapes, especially in composition. [Cf. 788.] Signed with the monogram on the left; canvas, 33 inches by 39 inches.
Engraved by Laurent in the Musée Français. In the collection of KingLouis XVI.
In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2560; it was valued by the experts in 1816 (at 15,000 francs) ".[1]
Influences:
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Rembrandt'sRiver Landscape with a Windmillfrom theMuseum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe.
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Rembrandt'sStone Bridgein theRijksmuseum.
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Thomas Doughty's copy from theBrooklyn Museum.
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- ^Entry 664 for ''The Burst of Sunshinein Hofstede de Groot, 1911
- 11. A Bald Mountainous Landscapein Smith's catalogue raisonné volume 6, 1835
- River valley with a stone bridge, jaren 1670in theRKD
- Information about this paintingon the Louvre website