Jacob van Ruisdael

12 works held in 5 museums

Dutch painter of skies, windmills and waterfalls, 1628-1682

Winter Landscape, c. 1660–1670.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, Jacob van Ruisdael

The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, c. 1668–1670.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Road through a Wooded Landscape at Twilight, Jacob van Ruisdael

Road through a Wooded Landscape at Twilight, c. 1648.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on wood

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, Jacob van Ruisdael

View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, c. 1670–1675.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Landscape with Waterfall, Jacob van Ruisdael

Landscape with Waterfall, c. 1668.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Landscape with a Windmill, Jacob van Ruisdael

Landscape with a Windmill, 1646.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on wood

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Chapel by a Waterfall, Jacob van Ruisdael

Chapel by a Waterfall, c. 1670.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Two Watermills and an Open Sluice, Jacob van Ruisdael

Two Watermills and an Open Sluice, 1653.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Wheat Fields, c. 1670.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

View of Bentheim Castle, Jacob van Ruisdael

View of Bentheim Castle, c. 1652–1654.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on wood

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent, Jacob van Ruisdael

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent, c. 1670.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground, Jacob van Ruisdael

View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground, c. 1650–1682.

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Works by Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/1629-1682), in the public domain: views of Haarlem, windmills, waterfalls, forests, winter landscapes and wheat fields, held by the Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Rijksmuseum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art, each linked to its official record. Only works the museum attributes to Ruisdael himself are included. Images of the Mauritshuis works, whose downloads are reserved for non-commercial use, come from Wikimedia Commons (faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works); the others come from open-access museums. Titles are the museums', with their translation.