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Boston and Toronto, 1974: 42-44. 1975 European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary

Salomon van Ruysdael’s masterful River Landscape with Ferry has a visual force that reflects the sense of pride the Dutch felt at the time of the signing of the Treaty of Münster in 1648, which gave full autonomy to the Dutch Republic. After war of independence from Spanish rule that lasted eighty years, the Dutch set out to explore the myriad visual delights of the prosperous country that they could finally claim as their own.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art; Art Gallery of Toronto

Anthony van Dyck painted this portrait of an upper-class Antwerp woman around 1618, shortly after he registered as a master painter with the Antwerp Saint Luke’s Guild. At that time, Antwerp’s long-established portrait tradition emphasized a sitter’s virtuous character through restrained gestures and a direct gaze.
Boston and Toronto, 1974: 116. 1975 European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue

This painting, one of two views of Mortlake Terrace painted by Turner, is a view from the house, looking directly west into the luminous glow of the setting sun. Turner established the quiet mood of the late-afternoon scene with two ivy-covered elm trees, whose soft, feathery leaves and curving limbs frame the painting.
1984, no. 36, color repro. 2004 Turner, Whistler, Monet, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Peter Paul Rubens’s enormous painting, based on the Old Testament story of Daniel, puts us right in the lions’ den. The Jewish youth was condemned to spend the night with the brutal beasts for worshipping his God rather than the Persian king Darius.
San Francisco, de Young, Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Lewisburg, London and Toronto, 1993: repro. 18 1994 Rubin, James H.

2001-2002, no. 60, repro. 2004 Turner, Whistler, Monet, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

We glimpse the harrowing drama unfolding in this painting, as if we are crouching by the roots of the tropical foliage and peering through a space between the leaves. Our focus is on the anonymous silhouettes of men and women, their shackles more prominent than their features.
Toronto, 2009: 178, repro., 363. 2010 Barson, Tanya.

Cole’s renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the „River of Life.“ Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly strives to reach an aerial castle, emblematic of the daydreams of „Youth“ and its aspirations for glory and fame. As the traveler approaches his goal, the ever-more-turbulent stream deviates from its course and relentlessly carries him toward the next picture in the series, where nature’s fury, evil demons, and self-doubt will threaten his very existence.
Newark, London, and Toronto, 1988: 218, 228, 265-268, 270-272, 275, 277, 280, 284

In 1775, Gilbert Stuart set sail for London where Benjamin West welcomed the destitute young man into his home. The Skater marks the end of his five-year apprenticeship to West.
Toronto, 2011: 142-143, color repro. 2013 Evans, Dorinda.