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Description: | Originally collected by Sir James Erskine, third Baronet of Torrie, the University of Edinburgh holds 23 Dutch and Flemish landscape paintings. Some of these are fairly run of the mill, but among them are some works of real quality. Most notable is Ruisdael’s painting “The banks of a river.” It is an early work by the artist but shows his talent already fully formed and is one of the finest paintings by Ruisdael in any British public collection. Another notable piece is Hendrick ten Oever’s “Canal landscape with figures bathing” which features the town of Zwolle in the background. Other highlights include “The forest glade” by Pynacker , “The cavalcade” by van der Meulen and “Halt at the winehouse door” by Karel Dujardin. Sir James Erskine's taste for seventeenth century Dutch paintings may have been partly influenced by his friendship in the early 1800s with the Prince Regent, himself a notable collector of this style and period. | Subjects: | Canals; Fine Art; Forests. Oil Paintings; Dutch Artists; Bathers; Dutch Art; Landscapes; Figures; Rivers; Horses; Cattle; Riverbanks; | Source: | University of Edinburgh | Address: | Old College, South Bridge,
EH8 9YL | Creator: | Sir James Erskine of Torrie. | Identifier: | http://hdl.handle.net/10683/303... | Go to resource |
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