Jacob van Ruisdael
Landscape with a Windmill
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Impressionism
Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree
Jacob van Ruisdael, 1660
A silvery dead trunk leads the eye past a low waterfall to a sunlit field, where travellers and a dog follow a sandy path.
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About this artwork
In the foreground, the pale trunk of a dead tree juts from a dune and draws your gaze across the waterfall towards a distant, sunlit field. There, travellers and a dog make their way along a sandy path. A ruined building, partly hidden by trees, is turned golden by the light. Ruisdael often used dead trees, waterfalls and ruins to suggest the passage of time. He gave the cloudy sky above the land just as much attention, shaping patterns of light and shadow that hint at the movement of the wind. The work is oil on canvas, made in the Netherlands around 1660–70.
On your wall: Its silvery trunk, golden light and wooded scene suit a study, living room or hallway where a calm, spacious landscape can draw the eye.
- Title
- Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree
- Artist
- Jacob van Ruisdael
- Year
- 1660
- Style
- Impressionism
- Shape
- Landscape
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Jacob van Ruisdael
Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher. He worked during the Dutch Golden Age, a time of great wealth and cultural achievement when painting became hugely popular in the Netherlands. He is generally regarded as the foremost landscape painter of that period, and landscape is the subject for which he is best remembered.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
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