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Van Ruysdael uses the diagonal spit of land to show distance – it narrows as it runs away from us. The limpid waters of the river drift across the foreground, curve round, and slowly disappear out towards the sea. The low horizon opens up into a vast sky and van Ruysdael echoes the feathery pompoms of the alder trees in the puffed shapes of the dark grey clouds overhead.
This is an imaginary scene, painted in the artist’s studio, though van Ruysdael would have based his picture on sketches made in the countryside around Haarlem, where he lived.
Title
River Scene
Date
1632
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 51.5 x W 96.5 cm
Accession number
NG6419
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Miss I.E.H. Cuming Butler, 1972
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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