The painting shows a typical Dutch landscape with the feeling of a heavily clouded day, where the sun has the chance to break through now and again. A large part of the canvas is devoted to the sky. The scene is probably inspired by the area around Naarden near the Zuiderzee, where Ruisdael worked. Sun-kissed fields of corn already appeared at the start of Ruisdael's career, but this painting probably dates from the 1660s.
Specifications
| Title | A Cornfield, in the Background the Zuiderzee |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 71 cm Height 61 cm |
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| Artists |
Painter:
Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael
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| Accession number | 1742 (OK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1660 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Lievelingen (2024) Omkijken (2025) |
| External exhibitions |
Georges Michel, le Paysage sublime (2017) Georges Michel, le paysage sublime (2018) Van Ruisdael & Van Frijtom (2022) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
