Jacob van Ruisdael
1628–1682 · Dutch · 30 artworks
BaroqueDramatic skiesDetailed foliageWatermill depictionsUse of light and shadowAtmospheric perspective
artist bio
Jacob van Ruisdael was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is considered the most important Dutch landscape painter of the 17th century, producing a wide variety of landscape scenes, from forests and fields to seascapes and cityscapes.
what you'll learn
Studying Ruisdael's work allows students to understand the use of light and shadow to create atmosphere in landscape painting and how to depict natural elements like trees, water, and sky with detail and emotion. Students can also learn about composition and how to create a sense of depth and space in their paintings.
related: Rembrandt van Rijn
30 artworks
Road through Corn Fields near the Zuider Zee
1662
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Tower Mill at Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
1670
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Landscape with a Church by a Torrent
1670
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Wheat Fields
1670
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Chapel by a Waterfall
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Rocky landscape
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Landscape with a Wheatfield
1660
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The Waterfall
1670
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Sunrise in a Wood
1682
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Farm in a wooded dune landscape
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Village at the Wood's Edge
1651
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Two Watermills and an Open Sluice
1653
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A Road through an Oak Wood
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Two Undershot Watermills with Men Opening a Sluice
1650
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Landscape with Ruined Castle and Church
1670
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The Jewish Cemetery
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Bentheim Castle
1653
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View on the Amstel from Amsteldijk
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Landscape with a Waterfall and Castle
1670
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The ford
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Landscape with ruins
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Kostverloren House on the Amstel
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A waterfall in rocky landscape
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Dünenlandschaft
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Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven
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The Shore at Egmond-an-Zee
1675
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Landscape with watermill
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The Ray of Sunlight
1660
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A Wooded Marsh
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Landscape with Waterfall
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