Back المقبره اليهوديه ARZ El cementerio judío, (Ruysdael, Detroit Institute of Arts) Spanish Le Cimetière juif French De Joodse begraafplaats Dutch Judovsko pokopališče Slovenian

The Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish Cemetery
NL: Het Joodse kerkhof, NL: De Joodse begraafplaats
ArtistJacob van Ruisdael
Year1654 or 1655
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions142.2 cm × 189.2 cm (56.0 in × 74.5 in)
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI 48202
Accession26.3
Frontal view of a large grand building. In the foreground a set of fountains that resemble steps are flowing with water. Two flag poles stand on each side of the straiway that leads to the building. There are three large archways with black metal work at the center, and the entrance is in the middle archway. A large outdoor statue blocks the doorway from view. Visitors walk the grounds.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, where The Jewish Cemetery is located.

The Jewish Cemetery is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael, now at the Detroit Institute of Arts.[1]

The Jewish Cemetery is an allegorical landscape painting suggesting ideas of hope and death,[2] while also depicting Beth Haim, a cemetery located on Amsterdam's southern outskirts, at the town of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Beth Haim is a resting place for some prominent figures among Amsterdam's large Jewish Portuguese community in the 17th century.[3] The tomb monuments commemorate leaders of the newly arrived Portuguese-Jewish population.[1] The central elements of the painting differ from what one would see in Ouderkerk, as Ruisdael made adjustments to achieve compositional and allegorical intent.[2] The picture's physical dimensions are twice that of typical landscape painting from the 17th century.[3] After being cataloged in England in 1835, the work disappeared from public display for many years,[4] before emerging at through various auctions in London and Berlin.[2][5] The Detroit Institute of Arts acquired the painting in 1926 from Julius H. Haass, given in memory of his brother.[6]

Jacob van Ruisdael created two versions of The Jewish Cemetery in 1653 and 1655 while in his mid-twenties, according to Erich Simon.[7]

  1. ^ a b Scheyer, Ernst (1977). "The Iconography of Jacob van Ruisdael's 'Cemetery'". Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 55 (3): 133–146. ISSN 0011-9636.
  2. ^ a b c Nadler, Steven (2003). Rembrandt's Jews. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-56737-2.
  3. ^ a b Kutasz Christensen, Theresa A. (January 11, 2021). "Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery". Smarthistory. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ^ Rosenau, Helen (1958). "The Dates of Jacob van Ruisdael's 'Jewish Cemeteries'". Oud Holland. 73: 241–242. ISSN 0030-672X – via Brill.
  5. ^ Rosenberg, Jacob (February 1926). ""The Jewish Cemetery" by Jacob van Ruisdael". Art in America and Elsewhere. 14 (2): 37–44.
  6. ^ Valentiner, William Reinhold (February 1926). "The Cemetery by Jacob van Ruysdael" (PDF). Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 7 (5): 55 – via DALNET.
  7. ^ Simon, Kurt Erich (1930). Jacob van Ruisdael: eine Darstellung seiner Entwicklung (in German). Berlin Lankwitz: Würfel Verlag. p. 31.
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