RUISDAEL, Jacob Isaackszon van
(b. ca. 1628, Haarlem, d. 1682, Amsterdam)

The Thicket (Path in the Haarlem Dunes)

c. 1649
Oil on canvas, 68 x 82 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This is an early painting of Jacob van Ruisdael, which reveals the direction of the research undertaken by the artist as he sought a lyrical yet naturalistic conception of the landscape.