Document: Marine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Dutch, 1650

Single masted schouws were used extensively to transport goods up and down the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.   

Metropolitan Museum of Art Summary: This well-preserved picture is one of a number that Van Ruysdael painted in Haarlem about 1650, following Jan van Goyen's somewhat earlier example. The sailboat flying the Dutch flag is a "schouw," a shallow-draft vessel used to ship goods and carry occasional passengers on inland water-ways.

Title: Marine

Artist: Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, Naarden, born ca. 1600–1603, died 1670 Haarlem)

Date: 1650

Medium: Oil on wood

Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 17 1/8 in. (34.6 x 43.5 cm)