Jacob Salomonsz van Ruysdael
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Jacob Salomonsz. van Ruysdael (1629, Haarlem
– 1681, Haarlem
), was a Dutch Golden Age
landscape painter who was the son of Salomon van Ruysdael and the cousin of the more famous Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael.
mixed up the various members of the Ruisdael family and assumed that all of their landscapes were the works of two brothers Jacob and Salomon, when in fact there were four painters; the brothers Isaack and Salomon, and their two sons who were confusingly both named Jacob and lived during the same period.
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch abbreviation, RKD), this Jacob was the son of Salomon van Ruysdael, who was a follower of his father and his more famous cousin, the other Jacob who was the son of Isaack van Ruisdael
. Since his works are stylistically similar, his works are sometimes confused with those of his father and cousin. In the summer of 1666 he moved to Amsterdam where he became a member of the Anabaptist
community there in the same year. A record shows him as the widower of Geertruy Pieters when he became engaged to Annetje Jans Colyn in 1673.
When he died he was buried in the Sint Anna cemetery in Haarlem. The St. Anna cemetery was all that remained of the old St. Anna cloister that had been seized by the Protestant Haarlem city governors after the Spanish occupation in 1581. By the time van Ruysdael died, the old St. Anna church had been replaced by the Nieuwe Kerk
, which was completed in 1648 and still exists today. The cemetery presumably came into the hands of the Protestants at that time and was therefore not a Catholic burial ground, but a municipal burial ground. It was cleared of graves in 1706.
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
– 1681, Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
), was a Dutch Golden Age
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
landscape painter who was the son of Salomon van Ruysdael and the cousin of the more famous Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael.
Biography
The contemporary biographer Arnold HoubrakenArnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. He had ten children. His son Jacobus Houbraken was an engraver of portraits and book illustrations, including books by his father...
mixed up the various members of the Ruisdael family and assumed that all of their landscapes were the works of two brothers Jacob and Salomon, when in fact there were four painters; the brothers Isaack and Salomon, and their two sons who were confusingly both named Jacob and lived during the same period.
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch abbreviation, RKD), this Jacob was the son of Salomon van Ruysdael, who was a follower of his father and his more famous cousin, the other Jacob who was the son of Isaack van Ruisdael
Isaack van Ruisdael
Isaack van Ruisdael , was a Dutch Golden Age painter, brother to Salomon and the father of the landscape painter Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael.-Biography:...
. Since his works are stylistically similar, his works are sometimes confused with those of his father and cousin. In the summer of 1666 he moved to Amsterdam where he became a member of the Anabaptist
Anabaptist
Anabaptists are Protestant Christians of the Radical Reformation of 16th-century Europe, and their direct descendants, particularly the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites....
community there in the same year. A record shows him as the widower of Geertruy Pieters when he became engaged to Annetje Jans Colyn in 1673.
When he died he was buried in the Sint Anna cemetery in Haarlem. The St. Anna cemetery was all that remained of the old St. Anna cloister that had been seized by the Protestant Haarlem city governors after the Spanish occupation in 1581. By the time van Ruysdael died, the old St. Anna church had been replaced by the Nieuwe Kerk
Nieuwe Kerk (Haarlem)
The Nieuwe kerk is a historical church dating from the 17th century on the Nieuwe kerksplein in Haarlem, Netherlands.-History:The tower was built in 1613 by Lieven de Key against the older St. Anna church that itself was replaced by a design by Jacob van Campen in 1645-1649. The organ was...
, which was completed in 1648 and still exists today. The cemetery presumably came into the hands of the Protestants at that time and was therefore not a Catholic burial ground, but a municipal burial ground. It was cleared of graves in 1706.