RUYSDAEL, Salomon van
(b. ca. 1602, Naarden, d. 1670, Haarlem)

View of Alkmaar from the Sea

c. 1650
Oil on panel, 36 x 33 cm
Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Pedralbes

In this composition of almost square format the water occupies only a small part. The marked horizontality is balanced by the sails of the boats in the foreground. The canvas centres on the meeting of the sea and sky, and the lighting effects this implies.




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