Landscape with Cascade

Jacob van Ruisdaelabout 1670 - 1675

Details

Title: Landscape with Cascade
Creator Lifespan: 1628/29 - 1682
Creator Nationality: Dutch
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: about 1670 - 1675
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Gift in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/1110
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: Ruisdael's many paintings of rocky landscapes with waterfalls are often characterized as Scandinavian scenes, even though the artist never visited this region. The paintings are instead influenced by the works of Allart van Everdingen, who traveled to Norway and Sweden in the mid-1640s and popularized images of Scandinavian scenery. The vogue for Northern landscapes may have led Ruisdael to undertake a similar trip to the Dutch-German border in the 1650s and this is likely the direct source for many of his paintings of waterfalls.
measurements: 30 x 37 in.
Artist: Ruisdael, Jacob van

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