Views of Amsterdam. Plate 6. De Heer Huydecoopers Huis van achteren (The house of Mr Huydecoopers near Amsterdam), Abraham Blooteling, etcher, 1663-1690, etching, Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael (c. 1628/9-1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement. Ruisdael created uncanny dramas from looming clouds passing over wheat fields, windswept trees, and towering windmills. “He demonstrates remarkable skill in locating the exact point at which the creative faculty comes into contact with a lucid mind, the famous German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once wrote of the painter.
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Views, Amsterdam, Plate 6, De Heer Huydecoopers Huis van achteren, house, Mr Huydecoopers, Amsterdam, Abraham Blooteling, etcher, 1663-1690, etching, Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, c, 1628/9-1682, Dutch painter, draughtsman, etcher, generally considered, pre-eminent landscape painter, Dutch Golden Age, period, great wealth, cultural achievement, Ruisdael created uncanny dramas, looming clouds passing, wheat fields, windswept trees, towering windmills, “ demonstrates remarkable skill, locating, exact point, creative faculty comes, contact, lucid mind, famous German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, wrote, painter
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