Jacob van Ruisdael Painting Reproductions 5 of 6
c.1628-1682
Dutch Baroque Painter
Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (or Ruysdael) (c. 1628 - 14 March 1682) was a Dutch landscape painter.
A native of Haarlem, he appears to have studied under his father Isaak van Ruysdael, a landscape painter, though other authorities place him as the pupil of Berghem and of Allart van Everdingen. He was the nephew of Salomon van Ruysdael, a landscape artist of some note, and studied under him as well. The earliest date that appears on his paintings and etchings is 1645. Three years later he was admitted as a member of the guild of St Luke in Haarlem; in 1659 he obtained the freedom of the city of Amsterdam, and in 1668 his name appears there as a witness to the marriage of Meindert Hobbema. During his lifetime, his works were little appreciated, and he seems to have suffered from poverty. In 1681 the sect of the Mennonites, with whom he was connected, petitioned the council of Haarlem for his admission into the almshouse of the town, and there the artist died on the 14th of March 1682.
Ruisdael's favorite subjects are simple woodland scenes, similar to those of Everdingen and Hobbema. He is especially noted as a painter of trees, and his rendering of foliage, particularly of oak leaf age, is characterized by the greatest spirit and precision. His views of distant cities, such as that of Haarlem in the possession of the marquess of Bute, and that of Katwijk in the Glasgow Corporation Galleries, clearly indicate the influence of Rembrandt.
He frequently painted coast-scenes and sea-pieces, but it is in his rendering of lonely forest glades that we find him at his best. The subjects of certain of his mountain scenes seem to be taken from Norway, and have led to the supposition that he had traveled in that country. There is, however, no record of such a journey, and the works in question are probably merely adaptations from the landscapes of Van Everdingen, whose manner he copied at one period. Only a single architectural subject from his brush is known an admirable interior of the New Church, Amsterdam. The prevailing hue of his landscapes is a full rich green, which, however, has darkened with time, while a clear grey tone is characteristic of his seapieces. The art of Ruisdael, while it shows little of the scientific knowledge of later landscapists, is sensitive and poetic in sentiment, and direct and skillful in technique. Figures are sparingly introduced into his compositions, and such as occur are believed to be from the pencils of Adriaen van de Velde, Philip Wouwerman, and Jan Lingelbach.
Unlike the other great Dutch landscape painters, Ruisdael did not aim at a pictorial record of particular scenes, but he carefully thought out and arranged his compositions, introducing into them an infinite variety of subtle contrasts in the formation of the clouds, the plants and tree forms, and the play of light. He particularly excelled in the painting of cloudscapes which are spanned dome-like over the landscape, and determine the light and shade of the objects.
Goethe lauded him as a poet among painters, and his work shows some of the sensibilities the Romantics would later celebrate.
Characteristic of his early period, from about 1646 to 1655, is the choice of very simple motifs and the careful and laborious study of the details of nature. The time between his departure from Haarlem and his settling in Amsterdam may have been spent in travelling and helped him to gain a broader view of nature and to widen the horizon of his art.
A magnificent view of the Castle of Bentheim (which is located in Bad Bentheim in Lower-Saxony), dated 1654, suggests that his wanderings extended to Germany. In his last period, from about 1675 onwards, he shows a tendency towards overcrowded compositions, and affects a darker tonality, which may partly be due to the use of thin paint on a dark ground. Towards the end, in his leaning towards the romantic mood, he preferred to draw his inspiration from other masters, instead of going to nature direct, his favorite subjects being rushing torrents and waterfalls, and ruined castles on mountain crests, which are frequently borrowed from the Swiss views by Roghmau.
Ruisdael etched a few plates, thirteen according to the latest catalogue raisonne by Slive, which he evidently regarded as experimental and somewhat private, to judge by their extreme rarity - about half survive in only a single impression (copy). By far the best collection is at the Rijksmuseum print room in Amsterdam. Many have very crowded compositions of foliage. The Cornfield and the Travellers are characterized by Duplessis as prints of a high order which may be regarded as the most significant expressions of landscape art in the Low Countries.
A native of Haarlem, he appears to have studied under his father Isaak van Ruysdael, a landscape painter, though other authorities place him as the pupil of Berghem and of Allart van Everdingen. He was the nephew of Salomon van Ruysdael, a landscape artist of some note, and studied under him as well. The earliest date that appears on his paintings and etchings is 1645. Three years later he was admitted as a member of the guild of St Luke in Haarlem; in 1659 he obtained the freedom of the city of Amsterdam, and in 1668 his name appears there as a witness to the marriage of Meindert Hobbema. During his lifetime, his works were little appreciated, and he seems to have suffered from poverty. In 1681 the sect of the Mennonites, with whom he was connected, petitioned the council of Haarlem for his admission into the almshouse of the town, and there the artist died on the 14th of March 1682.
Ruisdael's favorite subjects are simple woodland scenes, similar to those of Everdingen and Hobbema. He is especially noted as a painter of trees, and his rendering of foliage, particularly of oak leaf age, is characterized by the greatest spirit and precision. His views of distant cities, such as that of Haarlem in the possession of the marquess of Bute, and that of Katwijk in the Glasgow Corporation Galleries, clearly indicate the influence of Rembrandt.
He frequently painted coast-scenes and sea-pieces, but it is in his rendering of lonely forest glades that we find him at his best. The subjects of certain of his mountain scenes seem to be taken from Norway, and have led to the supposition that he had traveled in that country. There is, however, no record of such a journey, and the works in question are probably merely adaptations from the landscapes of Van Everdingen, whose manner he copied at one period. Only a single architectural subject from his brush is known an admirable interior of the New Church, Amsterdam. The prevailing hue of his landscapes is a full rich green, which, however, has darkened with time, while a clear grey tone is characteristic of his seapieces. The art of Ruisdael, while it shows little of the scientific knowledge of later landscapists, is sensitive and poetic in sentiment, and direct and skillful in technique. Figures are sparingly introduced into his compositions, and such as occur are believed to be from the pencils of Adriaen van de Velde, Philip Wouwerman, and Jan Lingelbach.
Unlike the other great Dutch landscape painters, Ruisdael did not aim at a pictorial record of particular scenes, but he carefully thought out and arranged his compositions, introducing into them an infinite variety of subtle contrasts in the formation of the clouds, the plants and tree forms, and the play of light. He particularly excelled in the painting of cloudscapes which are spanned dome-like over the landscape, and determine the light and shade of the objects.
Goethe lauded him as a poet among painters, and his work shows some of the sensibilities the Romantics would later celebrate.
Characteristic of his early period, from about 1646 to 1655, is the choice of very simple motifs and the careful and laborious study of the details of nature. The time between his departure from Haarlem and his settling in Amsterdam may have been spent in travelling and helped him to gain a broader view of nature and to widen the horizon of his art.
A magnificent view of the Castle of Bentheim (which is located in Bad Bentheim in Lower-Saxony), dated 1654, suggests that his wanderings extended to Germany. In his last period, from about 1675 onwards, he shows a tendency towards overcrowded compositions, and affects a darker tonality, which may partly be due to the use of thin paint on a dark ground. Towards the end, in his leaning towards the romantic mood, he preferred to draw his inspiration from other masters, instead of going to nature direct, his favorite subjects being rushing torrents and waterfalls, and ruined castles on mountain crests, which are frequently borrowed from the Swiss views by Roghmau.
Ruisdael etched a few plates, thirteen according to the latest catalogue raisonne by Slive, which he evidently regarded as experimental and somewhat private, to judge by their extreme rarity - about half survive in only a single impression (copy). By far the best collection is at the Rijksmuseum print room in Amsterdam. Many have very crowded compositions of foliage. The Cornfield and the Travellers are characterized by Duplessis as prints of a high order which may be regarded as the most significant expressions of landscape art in the Low Countries.
129 Ruisdael Paintings
The Shore at Egmond-aan-Zee c.1675
Oil Painting
$1270
$1270
Canvas Print
$86.74
$86.74
SKU: RJV-13519
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53.7 x 66.2 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53.7 x 66.2 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Ruins in a Dune Landscape c.1650/55
Oil Painting
$1372
$1372
Canvas Print
$53.94
$53.94
SKU: RJV-13520
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 43.2 x 58.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 43.2 x 58.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
An Extensive Landscape with Ruins c.1665/75
Oil Painting
$1178
$1178
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13521
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 34 x 40 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 34 x 40 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
A Waterfall at the Foot of a Hill near a Village c.1665/75
Oil Painting
$1798
$1798
Canvas Print
$62.80
$62.80
SKU: RJV-13522
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 84.8 x 100 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 84.8 x 100 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Forest Scene c.1655
Oil Painting
$1772
$1772
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13523
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 105.5 x 123.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 105.5 x 123.4 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Three Great Trees in a Mountainous Landscape with ... c.1665/70
Oil Painting
$1764
$1764
Canvas Print
$58.64
$58.64
SKU: RJV-13524
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 138 x 173 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 138 x 173 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Woody Landscape with a Pool and Figures c.1660
Oil Painting
$1636
$1636
Canvas Print
$55.42
$55.42
SKU: RJV-13525
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 70 x 92 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 70 x 92 cm
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, USA
Forest Landscape 1653
Oil Painting
$1433
$1433
Canvas Print
$50.21
$50.21
SKU: RJV-13526
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 42 x 49 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 42 x 49 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dirt Road in the Dunes 1655
Oil Painting
$1253
$1253
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13527
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 32 x 42.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 32 x 42.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winter Landscape 1682
Oil Painting
$1303
$1303
Canvas Print
$50.93
$50.93
SKU: RJV-13528
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 42 x 49.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 42 x 49.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ship in Rough Sea 1655
Oil Painting
$1178
$1178
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13529
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 35.5 x 44.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 35.5 x 44.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Landscape with Watermill 1661
Oil Painting
$1178
$1178
Canvas Print
$57.84
$57.84
SKU: RJV-13530
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 63 x 79 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 63 x 79 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Landscape with Ruins 1682
Oil Painting
$1184
$1184
Canvas Print
$58.10
$58.10
SKU: RJV-13531
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53 x 66 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53 x 66 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
View of Haarlem c.1670
Oil Painting
$1406
$1406
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13532
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 43 x 38 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 43 x 38 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Benefits 1682
Oil Painting
$2041
$2041
Canvas Print
$57.16
$57.16
SKU: RJV-13533
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 67.5 x 85 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 67.5 x 85 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Mill at Wijk-bij-Duurstede c.1670
Oil Painting
$1329
$1329
Canvas Print
$61.19
$61.19
SKU: RJV-13534
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 83 x 101 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 83 x 101 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Waterfall with a Half-Timbered House and Castle c.1665/70
Oil Painting
$1764
$1764
Canvas Print
$64.68
$64.68
SKU: RJV-13535
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 99.7 x 86.4 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 99.7 x 86.4 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Landscape with Cascade c.1670/75
Oil Painting
$1730
$1730
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13536
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 76.2 x 94 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 76.2 x 94 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
The Great Pool 1652
Oil Painting
$1303
$1303
Canvas Print
$48.70
$48.70
SKU: RJV-13537
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 43.2 x 55.8 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 43.2 x 55.8 cm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
Landscape with Dunes 1649
Oil Painting
$1267
$1267
Canvas Print
$56.36
$56.36
SKU: RJV-13538
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53 x 68.5 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53 x 68.5 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
View of Grainfields with a Distant Town c.1670
Oil Painting
$1372
$1372
Canvas Print
$81.14
$81.14
SKU: RJV-13539
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 51.4 x 64.7 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 51.4 x 64.7 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Stormy Sea with Sailing Vessels c.1668
Oil Painting
$1286
$1286
Canvas Print
$59.44
$59.44
SKU: RJV-13540
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 50 x 62.5 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 50 x 62.5 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Road through Fields of Corn near the Zuider Zee c.1660/62
Oil Painting
$1257
$1257
Canvas Print
$59.68
$59.68
SKU: RJV-13541
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 44.8 x 54.6 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 44.8 x 54.6 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
A Wooded River Landscape with a Bridge n.d.
Oil Painting
$1442
$1442
Canvas Print
$60.12
$60.12
SKU: RJV-13542
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53 x 65 cm
Private Collection
Jacob van Ruisdael
Original Size: 53 x 65 cm
Private Collection