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A Waterfall by a Cottage in a Hilly Landscape

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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Under a stormy sky, cattle are herded across a frail-looking bridge, the fast water threatening to destroy the trestles that hold it up. The river swings round to the left and tumbles away in a mist of foam down the hill between jagged rocks. Norwegian pine trees pierce the clouds and the branches of a birch toss in the wind. Between them a view of purple hills stretches away in the distance.

The painting was once thought to have been by Jacob van Ruisdael, the leading Dutch landscape artist of the seventeenth century; it has since been attributed to his cousin, Jacob Salomonsz. Ruysdael, who imitated his style. Perhaps the slightly awkward placing of the mountain high above the trees on the right is a clue that the picture isn't likely to be by van Ruisdael, but the movement of the torrent and the atmospheric lighting still make a dramatic scene.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Waterfall by a Cottage in a Hilly Landscape

Date

about 1650-81

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 103.5 x W 86.9 cm

Accession number

NG628

Acquisition method

Bought, 1859

Work type

Painting

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