Where can you see Jacob van Ruisdael in Amsterdam?

At the Rijksmuseum: The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, View of Haarlem with the Bleaching Fields and Landscape with a Waterfall. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Jacob van Ruisdael's most famous work in Amsterdam?

The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, of about 1668 to 1670, at the Rijksmuseum. A windmill on the bank of the river Lek seen from low down, black against a sky of heaped clouds, with a sail on the water below.

When and where was Jacob van Ruisdael born?

About 1629, at Haarlem, Dutch Republic. Jacob van Ruisdael died on 10 March 1682, at Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, aged about 53.

What is Jacob van Ruisdael known for?

The pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age. The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede is in the Rijksmuseum. Meindert Hobbema was his pupil. Jacob van Ruisdael was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.

Painter, 1629 to 1682

Jacob van Ruisdael

Ruisdael made the flat Dutch land heroic. His skies are vast and moving, his trees struggle, his windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede stands against the clouds like a monument. He is the painter who taught later centuries to see a landscape as drama.

Born: 1629, Haarlem, Dutch Republic
Died: 1682, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Movement: Dutch Golden Age
In Amsterdam: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Jacob van Ruisdael in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Rijksmuseum3 works

The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede
about 1668 to 1670
A windmill on the bank of the river Lek seen from low down, black against a sky of heaped clouds, with a sail on the water below.
View of Haarlem with the Bleaching Fields
1660s or 1670s
Strips of linen laid out to bleach in the fields, the town and its great church far off, and above them a sky of moving light and shadow.
Landscape with a Waterfall
about 1668
A torrent pouring over rocks among dark trees, one of the Scandinavian scenes he painted without ever going there.

The life of Jacob van Ruisdael

Ruisdael was born in Haarlem into a family of painters and was painting remarkable landscapes before he was twenty. After a journey into Germany around 1650 his pictures became grander, with rocky waterfalls and dark forests.

He moved to Amsterdam in the 1650s and lived there until his death, adding views of the city and the sea. Meindert Hobbema was his pupil.

What to know

The pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age
The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede is in the Rijksmuseum
Meindert Hobbema was his pupil

Born: About 1629, Haarlem, Dutch Republic
Died: 10 March 1682, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic

Jacob van Ruisdael: common questions

Where can you see Jacob van Ruisdael in Amsterdam?: At the Rijksmuseum: The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, View of Haarlem with the Bleaching Fields and Landscape with a Waterfall. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Jacob van Ruisdael's most famous work in Amsterdam?: The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, of about 1668 to 1670, at the Rijksmuseum. A windmill on the bank of the river Lek seen from low down, black against a sky of heaped clouds, with a sail on the water below.
When and where was Jacob van Ruisdael born?: About 1629, at Haarlem, Dutch Republic. Jacob van Ruisdael died on 10 March 1682, at Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, aged about 53.
What is Jacob van Ruisdael known for?: The pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age. The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede is in the Rijksmuseum. Meindert Hobbema was his pupil. Jacob van Ruisdael was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.