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  • Title: Oaks at a lake with Water Lilies
  • Creator: Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael
  • Date Created: around 1652
  • Physical Dimensions: w142.2 x h116.6 cm
  • Type: Painting
  • External Link: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Style: Netherlandish
  • Copyright Text: // Photo: © http://www.bpk-images.de, b p k - Photo Agency / Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Jörg P. Anders
  • Collection: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Artist information: Jacob Ruisdael was a Dutch landscape painter and etcher. He studied under his father Isaak van Ruisdael and his uncle Salomon van Ruisdael, themselves both landscape painters. Despite being admitted as a member to the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem in 1648, his works found little favour, resulting in him suffering from poverty during his lifetime. His favourite themes are woodland scenes and he is best known as a painter of trees. His view on distant cities indicates the influence of Rembrandt. Popular paintings by him include 'The Great Oak' (1652) or 'Bentheim Castle' (1653).
  • Artist Place of Death: Amsterdam or Haarlem, Netherlands
  • Artist Place of Birth: Haarlem, Netherlands
  • Artist Gender: male
  • Artist Dates: 1628 or 1629 - 1682

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