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Artist: Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael (1628/1629–1682)
Alternative names: Jacob van Ruysdael, Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael
Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher
Work period: 1646-1682
Work location: Haarlem (1648-1655), Rhenen (1649), Bad Bentheim (1650), Steinfurt (1650), Amsterdam (1653-1681)
Title: View of Egmond aan Zee
Object type: Painting
Description: Landscape paintings were sought-after by the art-loving bourgeoisie in seventeenth-century Holland. Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael became one of the most successful painters in this area. In this view over the town Egmont he applied himself to an advanced depiction of the play of light and shadow. The town lies under the shadow of clouds, but with some effort one can make out a wealth of detail. The light in the painting is concentrated to a small area in the foreground, as if to alert us to the figures by the roadside.
Date: circa 1648
Medium: Oil on oak
Dimensions: Height: 31 cm (12.2 in). Width: 35 cm (13.8 in).
Framed: Height: 51 cm (20.1 in). Width: 55 cm (21.7 in). Depth: 7 cm (2.8 in).
SKU: 275235
