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02 pre view. 8 Rediscovered in a Swiss private collection, this winter landscape represents an exceptionally rare subject for Christoffel van den Berghe, an artist known primarily for his still lifes and summer landscapes (ill. 1). Bathed in lu- minous silvery tones, the scene is populated by numer- ous figures on a frozen waterway. Their splendid cos- tumes and the wealth of lively detail give the painting its particular charm. Both the composition and the format of the panel recall works by Hendrick Avercamp (1585– 1634), the pioneer of Dutch winter landscape painting. The atmospheric painting by Salomon van Ruysdael ranks among his most poetic river landscapes (ill. 3). With a finely tuned sense of light and atmosphere, the artist captures the quiet expanse of Dutch inland wa- terways. A broad river draws the eye towards the low horizon, where sailing boats and the silhouette of a church emerge in the distance. Prominent trees, cows standing in the shallows, carefully rendered reeds and reflections on the water lend the landscape a remark- able sense of naturalism. An outstanding example of his mature work around 1650, the painting is closely re- lated to works in the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the Jewish Museum in New York. Jacob van Ruisdael’s dramatic seascape reveals the artist’s enduring fascination with the sea (ill. 2). He always lived close to water, first in Haarlem and later in Amsterdam. The approximately thirty seascapes by Ruisdael that survive today inspired great admiration, culminating in J. M. W. Turner’s ‘Port Ruys- dael’, the British artist’s homage to Ruis- dael’s marine painting. All three paintings shown here have dis- tinguished provenances. Van Ruysdael’s landscape belonged to the collection of the Dutch industrialist Anton Philips (1874– 1951) and hung at Villa De Laak in Eind- Water and ice in the northern light Previewof the OldMaster Paintings auction on 18 September 2026 1 Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–1642) Winter Landscape with Skaters Oil on panel, 34.6 × 59.8 cm Estimate: CHF 120 000/180 000 2 Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (1628–1682) Stormy Sea with Sailing Ships Oil on canvas, 51.3 × 66.5 cm Estimate: CHF 60 000/80 000 3 Salomon van Ruysdael (1600–1670). River landscape with cows and sailboats, 1653 Oil on panel, 39.8 × 59.5 cm (detail) Estimate: CHF 350 000/500 000 1 2 hoven. Van den Berghe’s winter landscape was once in the collection of Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911). Van Ruisdael’s painting belonged to Barthold Suermondt (1818–1887), one of the founding benefactors of the Su- ermondt Ludwig Museum in Aachen, before entering the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum in Berlin. 2 For further information Old Master Paintings Karoline Weser weser@kollerauctions.com Online Catalogues www.kollerauctions.com See the full image online: www.kollerauctions.com