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Jacob van Ruisdael

Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular.

Prolific and versatile, Ruisdael depicted a wide variety of landscape subjects. From 1646 he painted Dutch countryside scenes of remarkable quality for a young man. After a trip to Germany in 1650, his landscapes took on a more heroic character. In his late work, conducted when he lived and worked in Amsterdam, he added city panoramas and seascapes to his regular repertoire. In these, the sky often took up two-thirds of the canvas. In total he produced more than 150 Scandinavian views featuring waterfalls.

Ruisdael's only registered pupil was Meindert Hobbema, one of several artists who painted figures in his landscapes. Hobbema's work has at times been confused with Ruisdael's. There is difficulty in attributing Ruisdael's work, which has not been helped by the fact that three members of his family were also landscape painters, some of whom spelled their name "Ruysdael": his father Isaack van Ruisdael, his well-known uncle Salomon van Ruysdael, and his cousin, confusingly called Jacob van Ruysdael.

Ruisdael's work was in demand in the Dutch Republic during his lifetime. Today it is spread across private and institutional collections around the world; the National Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg hold the largest collections. Ruisdael shaped landscape painting traditions worldwide, from the English Romantics to the Barbizon school in France, and the Hudson River School in the US, and influenced generations of Dutch landscape artists.

More Artworks by Jacob van Ruisdael (View all 115 Artworks)

Bridge with a Sluice

Bridge with a Sluice (about 1648–1649)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Forest scene

Forest scene (1653)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Landscape with a cottage and stone bridge under a cloudy sky

Landscape with a cottage and stone bridge under a cloudy sky

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
The Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish Cemetery (1654 or 1655)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
A wooded landscape with a man and two dogs on a path, a cottage beyond

A wooded landscape with a man and two dogs on a path, a cottage beyond (1648)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
River Landscape with a Castle on a High Cliff

River Landscape with a Castle on a High Cliff (1670-1679)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent (c. 1670)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
The Forest Stream

The Forest Stream (ca. 1660)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Landscape with a Windmill

Landscape with a Windmill (1646)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
A wooded landscape with a waterfall

A wooded landscape with a waterfall

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Road through an Oak Forest

Road through an Oak Forest

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Landscape with a Wheatfield

Landscape with a Wheatfield (about late 1650s–early 1660s)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
The Wheat Field

The Wheat Field (1648)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Landscape with Waterfall

Landscape with Waterfall (c. 1668)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree

Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree (c. 1660–70)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)
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