RUYSDAEL, Salomon van
(b. ca. 1602, Naarden, d. 1670, Haarlem)

The Valkhof at Nijmegen

1650s
Oil on canvas, 73 x 103 cm
Private collection

The picture shows the Valkhof at Nijmegen with a ferry crossing the river Waal. The site of the medieval Valkhof, the fortress built on Roman foundations that dominates the city, was and indeed still is dramatic, towering over a bend in the river. Both Ruysdael and Van Goyen painted it on several occasions.