Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar Acquires Salomon van Ruysdael Painting

The Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar has acquired Salomon van Ruysdael’s View of Alkmaar. Van Ruysdael painted Alkmaar fourteen times, this being the earliest.

Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, Naarden, born ca. 1600–1603, died 1670 Haarlem)
A View of Alkmaar with the Sint Laurenskerk from the North
Signed and dated on the boat lower right: S. VRUYSDAEL. 1644 (VR in ligature)
Oil on panel, 241⁄4 x 363⁄4 ins. (61.6 x 93.4 cm)
Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum