Wooded River Landscape with Three People Fishing

Jacob van RuisdaelWW-1648-002626

1648·Black chalk, with touches of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on card·18.6 × 28.6 cm (7 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1648
Medium: Black chalk, with touches of graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 18.6 × 28.6 cm (7 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jacob van Ruisdael

Artist

Jacob van Ruisdael

Painting

Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael 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.

Haarlem, Netherlands

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