Grainfields
mid- or late 1660s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (47 x 57.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession Number
32.100.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sun-drenched Dutch countryside with *Grainfields*, a captivating landscape painted by Jacob van Ruisdael in the mid- or late1660s. This oil on canvas, measuring 18½ x 22½ inches, showcases rolling fields of golden grain swaying under vast, dynamic skies, punctuated by iconic windmills. Ruisdael, a figure of the Dutch Golden Age, elevated landscape painting to new heights, transforming everyday rural scenes into profound meditations on nature's power and beauty. Rendered in rich oils, the work exemplifies Ruisdael's masterful techniques: luminous light filtering through clouds, t...
About the Artist
Jacob van Ruisdael · 1623–1682
Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1629–1682) was a Dutch painter and etcher who is widely regarded as the greatest landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the supreme landscape artists in Western art. Born in Haarlem, he was trained by his father, the frame-maker and painter Isaack van Ruisdael, and by his uncle, the landscape painter Salomon van Ruysdael. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild...