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JACOB VAN RUISDAEL (HAARLEM C. 1628-AMSTERDAM 1682)

Evening Landscape: a Windmill by a Stream

c.1650

RCIN 405538

Generally regarded as the greatest Dutch landscape painter, Ruisdael’s works seem intended to have an emotional effect on the viewer. Here a windmill is set starkly against ominous rolling clouds. The dark silhouette of a man walking with a dog leads the viewer’s eye to a brighter patch of land with houses beyond; an uplifting journey with the path curving from darkness into light. Acquired by George IV in 1810 No. 11

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