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The Forest Stream

ca. 1660
Not on view
In the early fifties Van Ruisdael traveled in the wooded hill country of Germany near the Dutch border. His interest in this romantic landscape was reinforced after about 1656, when he settled in Amsterdam and became familiar with the views of Scandinavian landscapes by Allart van Everdingen. The present picture was probably painted in about 1660.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Forest Stream
  • Artist: Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam)
  • Date: ca. 1660
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99.7 x 129.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.15.4
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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