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Artists›Jacob van Ruisdael

Jacob van Ruisdael

1628–1682

WA-00017104

Haarlem, Netherlands

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NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (52)

Country House in a Park

1675 · oil on canvas

overall: 76.3 x 97.5 cm (30 1/16 x 38 3/8 in.) framed: 98.4 x 118.4 x 6.7 cm (38 3/4 x 46 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landscape

1670 · oil on canvas

overall: 53.2 x 60 cm (20 15/16 x 23 5/8 in.) framed: 78.7 x 85.1 x 9.5 cm (31 x 33 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Mountain Torrent

1670 · Oil on canvas

21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (54 x 41.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountain Torrent

1670 · Oil on canvas

21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (54 x 41.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede

1668 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

width: 101 cm, height: 83 cm

39 3/8 x 51 1/4 in. (100 x 130.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wheat Fields

1665 · Oil on canvas

39 3/8 x 51 1/4 in. (100 x 130.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent

1665 · oil on canvas

Framed: 100.3 x 83.8 x 10.8 cm (39 1/2 x 33 x 4 1/4 in.); Unframed: 71 x 55.2 cm (27 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Grainfields

1664 · Oil on canvas

18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (47 x 57.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Grainfields

1664 · Oil on canvas

18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (47 x 57.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooded and Hilly Landscape

1660 · oil on canvas

Framed: 73 x 81.5 x 11 cm (28 3/4 x 32 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 51.6 x 59.4 cm (20 5/16 x 23 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree

1660 · oil on canvas

Framed: 123 x 157 x 9.5 cm (48 7/16 x 61 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 99.2 x 131 cm (39 1/16 x 51 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Two Watermills Flanking a Sluice

1660 · brush on ink, chalk, paper

width: 194 cm, height: 148 cm

Rijksmuseum

Forest Scene

1655 · oil on canvas

overall: 105.5 x 123.4 cm (41 9/16 x 48 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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The Forest Stream

1655 · Oil on canvas

39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99.7 x 129.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cottage at the Top of a Hill

1655 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 18.6 × 26.8 cm (7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 19.6 × 27.7 cm (7 3/4 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Forest Stream

1655 · Oil on canvas

39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99.7 x 129.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Great Beech

1650 · Etching; second state of three

Image: 7 1/4 × 10 9/16 in. (18.3 × 26.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dune Landscape with Oak Tree

1650 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash, and gouache; framing lines in pen and brown ink

8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (21.0 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

De reizigers

1650 · etching on paper

height: 195 cm, width: 280 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Little Bridge

1650 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image, trimmed within plate: 18.5 × 27 cm (7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 19.7 × 28 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground

1650 · oil paint (paint), canvas

width: 38 cm, height: 43 cm, depth: 6.5 cm, height: 70.8 cm, width: 67 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mountainous Landscape with Waterfall

1650 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

width: 99 cm, height: 111 cm

Rijksmuseum

Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond

1650 · Oil on canvas

98 × 130 cm (38 7/8 × 51 3/8 in.); Framed: 101 × 131.5 × 8.6 cm (39 3/4 × 51 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

52 published of 52 catalogued · 37 with image

The Met
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Nga
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Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

View of Two Watermills Flanking a Sluice
1660 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
De reizigers
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede
1668 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mountainous Landscape with Waterfall
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landscape with a Windmill
1646 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landscape with a Church by a Torrent
1665 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Wooded and Hilly Landscape
1660 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Low Waterfall in a Wooded Landscape with a Dead Beech Tree
1660 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Wheat Field
1648 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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22 assets

Figure with a Cow or Horse in a Landscape (ca. 1660 - ca. 1665)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Mountainous Landscape with Waterfall (1650 - 1682)

Rijksmuseum

The windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1668 - c. 1670)

Rijksmuseum

View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground (ca. 1650 - ca. 1682)

Rijksmuseum

View of Two Watermills Flanking a Sluice (ca. 1660 - ca. 1670)

Rijksmuseum

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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