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View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds
In this painting, Van Ruisdael captured the essence of the Dutch landscape. From a high dune, we look out over the flat land in the direction of Haarlem, the city in the distance. Above the city stretches an immense sky with clouds drifting by. Van Ruisdael paints the sun shining between the clouds, alternating light and shade. He directs our gaze deep into the painting along the patches of sunshi…
Creator
- Jacob van Ruisdael
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1675 - 1670
- 1670/1675
- 1670/1675
Medium
- canvas
- Canvas
Creator
- Jacob van Ruisdael
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1675 - 1670
- 1670/1675
- 1670/1675
Medium
- canvas
- Canvas
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- resource_document_mauritshuis_155
- 155
Format
- 73 cm
- 81 cm
- 55.5 cm
- 62 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:18.621Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z