Landscape with a Waterfall and Castle

About the Art

Van Ruisdael was one of the premier artists of 17th-century Dutch landscape painting. His most frequent subjects are dramatic images of mountainous regions, wind-blown trees, rushing streams and waterfalls, as found here. Note the fine details throughout, including figures crossing a bridge in the middle ground and birds in the sky beneath the swiftly moving clouds.

FEATURED IMAGE
Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682), Landscape with a Waterfall and Castle, about 1670, oil on canvas, 27 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (70.5 x 55.2 cm). Gift of the Arkaydia Foundation of the Rike-Kumler Company, 1953.1