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A Waterfall at the Foot of a Hill, near a Village

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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The strong wind blowing towards us in this picture is almost tangible. Water roars and tumbles over bare rocks that jut up through the foam. Clouds pile high and rush overhead, echoing the shape of the tossing trees below before they swirl and reform to make room for more, perhaps bringing gusts of rain. Jacob van Ruisdael was one of the greatest Dutch landscape artists of the seventeenth century. In this painting he is at his most evocative and atmospheric. The change in his work from a more pastoral style to a highly dramatic interpretation of mountainous landscapes and threatening weather came about in the mid- to late seventeenth century, when he met Allart van Everdingen. Van Everdingen had been to Scandinavia and brought back drawings and sketches of the mountainous landscape he saw there.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Waterfall at the Foot of a Hill, near a Village

Date

probably 1665-70

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 84.8 x W 100 cm

Accession number

NG855

Acquisition method

Bought, 1871

Work type

Painting

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