Ruysdael

[ rois-dahl, -deyl, rahyz-, rahys-; Dutch rœis-dahl ]

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noun

Ruysdael

/ ˈraɪz-; ˈrœizdaːl; -deɪl; ˈriːzdɑːl /

A Dutch landscape painter, born and died at Amsterdam, and painted in the style of Ruysdael.

He was the son and pupil of Izack van Ruysdael and became a great landscape painter.

He painted at Haarlem, and studied under Salomon Ruysdael (see 1344).

In studying a picture by Ruysdael we become interested also in the personality of the painter.

Jacob van Ruysdael is usually accounted the greatest of the Dutch landscape painters.

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