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

Landscape with Waterfall

c. 1670
Oil on canvas, 142 x 195 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

This is an imaginary landscape, composed in the studio with the aid of motifs studied in the east of the Netherlands and around Bentheim in Germany, an area which was a rich vein of inspiration for Ruisdael.