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Jacob van Ruisdael

107 works

Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682) was the leading Dutch landscape painter of the Golden Age, known for forests, waterfalls, dunes and wide skies over Haarlem. Read more

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Dutch landscape painting of a windmill beside trees under a cloudy sky, with figures on a path and a distant village.

Landscape with a Windmill

1646

Painting of a wooded landscape with a dead beech tree, a waterfall, storm clouds, and a ruined tower in the distance.

Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree

c. 1660-70

Painting of a wooded hilly landscape with tall trees, a dark pond, a fallen log, and a woman and child under dramatic clouds.

Wooded and Hilly Landscape

1660s

Painting of a half-timbered church above a rushing torrent, with a large tree at left and stormy clouds overhead.

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

c. 1670

Painting of a stormy forest landscape with a birch tree, a hunter aiming a gun, a dog, and seated figures by a stream.

Landscape with hunting scene

1643-1682

Painting of a ruined brick tower and crumbling walls beside a pond under a dark, stormy sky with wooded hills.

Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond

1650-55

Painting of a rushing waterfall over rocks, with fir trees, a cottage, and a distant mountain under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with waterfall and cottage

1643-1682

Painting of a foaming waterfall over rocks, with forested hills and two castles under a cloudy sky.

Mountainous Landscape with Waterfall

1650 - 1682

Oil landscape of ruined brick walls, a leaning tree and sunlit dunes under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Landscape with Ruins

1650 - 1682

Painting of a forest with tall trees, grazing cattle, a herder on a path, and a pond under a cloudy sky.

Forest view

1653

Painting of travelers on horseback and pack horses crossing a shallow ford beneath tall trees and a cloudy sky.

The ford

1650 - 1682

Painting of a watermill beside a pond with swans, tall trees, figures on a path, and a church spire under cloudy skies.

Landscape with watermill

1661

Painting of a rocky landscape with a half-timbered house, tall trees, a rushing stream and a wooden footbridge under cloudy s

Rocky landscape

1650 - 1682

Painting of wheat fields under towering clouds, with a dirt road, small walking figures, trees and distant sailboats.

Wheat Fields

ca. 1670

Painting of a large oak tree beside a path, a walking figure, and a distant village with a church steeple under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Village in the Distance

1646

Painting of a rocky forest stream framed by large trees under a cloudy sky, with distant hills and small figures.

The Forest Stream

ca. 1660

Dutch landscape with a sandy path, golden grain field, windmill, and dark stormy clouds over wooded hills.

Grainfields

mid- or late 1660s

Landscape with a waterfall and rushing stream, a wooden footbridge with sheep, a cottage, and a mountain under clouds.

Mountain Torrent

1670s

Painting of a wheatfield on rolling dunes under a large cloudy sky, with stacked sheaves, trees, and a distant farmhouse.

Landscape with a Wheatfield

about late 1650s-early 1660s

Landscape painting of a wooden sluice and brick wall beside a dirt path, with sheep grazing and a fisherman under a stormy sk

Bridge with a Sluice

about 1648-1649

Painting of a castle on a wooded hill with a windmill, village houses and dramatic clouds over a dark landscape.

Castle Bentheim

1653

Painting of a wooden watermill beside a rushing sluice, a large tree at left, stormy clouds and hills behind.

Two Watermills and an Open Sluice near Singraven

1650

Painting of a rushing waterfall over rocks, a wooden footbridge, dark trees, distant farm buildings, and a stormy sky.

Landscape with Cascade

1670

Dark forest lake with two swans beneath tall trees and billowing clouds, painted in muted earth tones.

Forest Lake with two Swans

1660

Painting of a sandy road past a thatched cottage and large trees under a cloudy sky, with travelers and a dog.

Landscape

1649

Painting of a windswept oak on a sandy bank with a cornfield, wooded hills and a mountain under stormy clouds.

Rolling landscape with an oak before a cornfield

1643

Painting of a gnarled oak on a sandy bank under stormy clouds, with a wooded hill and grainfield beyond.

Rolling landscape with an oak before a grainfield

1650

Painting of a forest waterfall with rocky ledges, churning water, tall trees and a stormy cloudy sky.

River landscape

1646

Landscape with a sandbank, rowboat and winding stream beneath dark trees and a dramatic cloudy sky.

Sandbank

1647

Dutch landscape with a cornfield, dark wooded hill, dunes, walkers with dogs, and sailboats on distant sea under cloudy sky.

The Cornfield

1660

Dark landscape painting of a rushing waterfall over rocks, with trees, a wooden bridge and heavy clouds in the sky.

Landscape with Waterfall

1665

Landscape of dunes and a dirt road under stormy clouds, with a church tower, windmill and village on the horizon.

View of Alkmaar

1675

Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682) was the leading Dutch landscape painter of the Golden Age, known for forests, waterfalls, dunes and wide skies over Haarlem. Browse 107 works by Jacob van Ruisdael from 27 museums, free to download in HD.