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

The Waterfall

1665-70
Oil on canvas, 100 x 87 cm
Staatliche Museen, Kassel

Ruisdael painted many variations on this theme, a Nordic mountain landscape with rushing waterfall. In his choice of subject matter, he was influenced by Allaert van Everdingen, another landscape painter.