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Winter Landscape

Creator Name

Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael;
Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael

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Date

c. 1665, ca. 1665

About the Work

Rijksmuseum Object Description
Ruisdael painted around 25 winter landscapes. This scene is dominated by ominous dark clouds, and lit from the left by low, raking sunlight. The warmly dressed figures on the ice seem insignificant in the face of this inclement weather. A cheerful crowd of ice skaters would have been out of place in such a wintery landscape by Ruisdael.

Ongeveer 25 winterlandschappen schilderde Ruisdael. In deze voorstelling domineren de donkere onheilspellende wolken, die van links worden beschenen door de laagstaande zon. De dik ingepakte mensen op het ijs steken nietig af tegen deze onbarmhartige natuur. In zo’n winterlandschap van Ruisdael zou een vrolijke menigte schaatsers niet op zijn plaats zijn.

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Title

Winter Landscape

Creator

Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, schilder, painter, draftsman (artist), tekenaar, printmaker, pm, prentmaker, graveur (prenten);
Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, schilder, painter, draftsman (artist), tekenaar, printmaker, pm, prentmaker, graveur (prenten)

Worktype

painting; schilderij

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Material

doek; canvas; oil paint (paint); olieverf

Dimensions

height 42 cm x width 49.7 cm;
height 61.3 cm x width 69.1 cm x thickness 9 cm;
drager: hoogte 42 cm (doekmaat) x breedte 49,7 cm (doekmaat);
lijst: hoogte 61,3 cm x breedte 69,1 cm x dikte 9 cm

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Date

c. 1665, ca. 1665

Provenance

Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht; Legaat van L. Dupper Wzn., Dordrecht

Style Period

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Rights

Public domain

Inscription

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Location

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Subjects

sleigh, sledge (non-sport); ice ~ freezing weather; winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year)

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Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, Winter Landscape, c. 1665, ca. 1665, Rijksmuseum. Public domain.

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