Grainfields

mid- or late 1660s
Not on view
This canvas of the mid- to late 1660s depicts a road through grainfields and, in the distance, a village church. Contemporary viewers would have understood immediately the relationships between the rainclouds, the fields, and the mill. The finely detailed painting was owned by the English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds between 1756 and his death in 1792.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Grainfields
  • Artist: Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam)
  • Date: mid- or late 1660s
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (47 x 57.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
  • Object Number: 32.100.14
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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