Jacob van Ruysdal – the most famous Dutch landscape painter. The Dutch sought in their landscapes to show realistically and truly the peculiarities of their native terrain, paying attention to atmospheric phenomena.
Works of Reysdal differed in a variety of plots and surprising emotionality. The artist was able to convey in the picture the state of nature. His landscapes of Holland are filled with an epic feeling.
The breath of nature is inseparable from human life; the master feels the drama of her diverse states, relating him to the rich emotional life of a person.
Related Paintings 
Sunset Landscape by Jacob van Ruisdal 
Landscape with a waterfall by Jacob van Ruisdal 
Landscape with Mill by Jacob van Ruisdal 
Big Oak by Jacob van Ruysdael 
Landscape with wooded hills and stream by Jacob van Ruisdael 
View of Haarlem by Jacob van Ruysdal 
Seashore by Jacob van Reisdal 
Dune Road by Jacob van Ruisdal
Sunset Landscape by Jacob van Ruisdal Landscape with a waterfall by Jacob van Ruisdal Landscape with Mill by Jacob van Ruisdal Big Oak by Jacob van Ruysdael Landscape with wooded hills and stream by Jacob van Ruisdael View of Haarlem by Jacob van Ruysdal Seashore by Jacob van Reisdal Dune Road by Jacob van Ruisdal