Rivierlandschap met rechts de muren van een stad
1610 - 1670
Medium
brush
Dimensions
174; 290
About this artwork
height 174 mm x width 290 mm
Art Historical Context
Salomon van Ruysda, a prominent Dutch Golden Age landscape painter active from around 1602 to 1670, the serene beauty of the Netherlands in *Rivierlandschap met de muren van een stad* ("River Landscape with City Walls on the Right"). This intimate work, measuring just 174 mm high by 290 mm wide, exemplifies the artist's mastery of small-scale scenes that evoke the flat, watery expanses of 17th-century Dutch countryside. Painted during a time of economic prosperity and artistic innovation, it reflects the era's fascination with realistic depictions of homeland scenery, free from biblical or myt...
About the Artist
Salomon van Ruysdael
Comment on works: Views; Marines; Still life with dead birds