One of this artist's works depicts a solitary pond with several trees rising from it – that piece, Marsh in the Woods, is housed at the Hermitage. He also made several depictions of Bentheim Castle, one of which features a windmill beside the castle on a ridge. As a youth, he was likely apprenticed to his uncle Salomon of the same name, and his best-known pupil was the artist of The Avenue at Middleharnis, Meindert Hobbema. His most famous piece has two versions, one currently in Detroit and one
One of this artist's works depicts a solitary pond with several trees rising from it – that piece, Marsh in the Woods, is housed at the Hermitage. He also made several depictions of Bentheim Castle, one of which features a windmill beside the castle on a ridge. As a youth, he was likely apprenticed to his uncle Salomon of the same name, and his best-known pupil was the artist of The Avenue at Middleharnis, Meindert Hobbema. His most famous piece has two versions, one currently in Detroit and one in Dresden - it features a rainbow visible on the left as a symbol of eternal hope contrasted with the dense foliage at right, a stream which crashes over some rocks at center, and the ruins of a cathedral in the background, based upon a community at Ouderkerk. FTP, name this Dutch landscape painter best known for his Jewish Cemetery.
One of this artist's works depicts a solitary pond with several trees rising from it – that piece, Marsh in the Woods, is housed at the Hermitage.
Jacob van {Ruisdael} (or Ruysdael, pronounced RYS-dale)