Les Artistes Célèbres Jacob Van Ruysdael
By Emile Michel
Published by Libraire De L'Art: Paris c1890 (undated)
In Original Leather & Marbled Bindings
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Jacob Van Ruysdael et les Paysagistes de l'École de Harlem by Émile Michel is a substantial nineteenth-century study of the great Dutch landscape tradition, devoted to the life, work, and artistic influence of Jacob van Ruisdael (often rendered Ruysdael in French scholarship) and the painters associated with the Haarlem School. Published in Paris as part of the prestigious Les Artistes Célèbres series, the work combines biographical research, art criticism, and historical analysis to examine the development of landscape painting during the Dutch Golden Age. Michel traces how Dutch artists transformed ordinary countryside scenes into works of enduring artistic and cultural significance.
The volume places Ruisdael within a wider circle of Dutch masters including predecessors and contemporaries such as Jan van Goyen, Salomon van Ruysdael, and other Haarlem landscapists whose works helped shape the evolution of European landscape art. Richly illustrated throughout with reproductions of paintings, drawings, and engravings, the book enables readers to follow the stylistic progression from early pastoral scenes to the dramatic skies, forests, rivers, and coastal views for which Ruisdael became renowned. The illustrations serve not merely as decoration but as visual evidence supporting Michel's detailed discussion of technique, composition, and artistic influence.
Today this handsome French art monograph remains both a scholarly reference and a desirable collector's item from the golden age of art publishing. Its large format, quality illustrations, and thoughtful critical text reflect the serious nineteenth-century appreciation of Old Master painting. For collectors of art history, Dutch Golden Age studies, and finely produced European books, it offers an insightful examination of one of the most celebrated landscape painters in Western art alongside the broader artistic movement that flourished around Haarlem during the seventeenth century."
General wear and rub through to original leather spine and marbled covers as shown. No inscriptions. Pages clean and beautifully presented aside from some light foxing only. Solid binding with no loose pages. An excellent copy in good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
