Dutch Windmill Wijk bij Duurstede Print on Canvas after Jacob van Ruisdael 21"

Description

Vintage print on canvas depicting "The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede" by Jacob von Ruisdael. Show a landscape view of a large windmill at the edge of a river with boat and several figures on the shore. Framed in 1983. Beveled wood frame with white linen mat.

"Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (c. 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular. Prolific and versatile, Ruisdael depicted a wide variety of landscape subjects. From 1646 he painted Dutch countryside scenes of remarkable quality for a young man. After a trip to Germany in 1650, his landscapes took on a more heroic character. In his late work, conducted when he lived and worked in Amsterdam, he added city panoramas and seascapes to his regular repertoire. In these, the sky often took up two-thirds of the canvas. In total he produced more than 150 Scandinavian views featuring waterfalls. Ruisdael's work was in demand in the Dutch Republic during his lifetime. Today it is spread across private and institutional collections around the world; the National Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg hold the largest collections. Ruisdael shaped landscape painting traditions worldwide, from the English Romantics to the Barbizon school in France, and the Hudson River School in the US, and influenced generations of Dutch landscape artists." (Wikipedia)

Condition

Wear and distressing from age, scuffing / finish loss to frame, scratching to print.

Dimensions

20.75" x 1.5" x 16.75" (Width x Depth x Height)