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Ruisdael

American  
[rois-dahl, -deyl, rahyz-, rahys-, rœis-dahl] / ˈrɔɪs dɑl, -deɪl, ˈraɪz-, ˈraɪs-, ˈrœɪs dɑl /
Or Ruysdael

noun

  1. Jacob van 1628?–82, Dutch painter.

  2. his uncle Salomon van 1601?–70, Dutch painter.


Ruisdael British  
/ -deɪl, ˈriːzdɑːl, ˈraɪz-, ˈrœizdaːl /

noun

  1. Jacob van (ˈjaːkɔp van). ?1628–82, Dutch landscape painter

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Irwin compares the scene to 17th century Dutch landscape paintings, like those by Jacob van Ruisdael or Jan van Goyen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2022

Next year's exhibition, Constable: The Making of a Master, will put his works alongside those of landscape Old Masters including Jacob van Ruisdael and Claude Lorrain.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2013

That’s what 17th-century Dutch landscapes by the likes of Aelbert Cuyp, Jacob van Ruisdael and Paulus Potter are mostly made of.

From New York Times • May 23, 2013

In 1647, the great Jacob Ruisdael gazed at dunes beyond a road and a few cottages.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2010

Though not always the most charming, Ruisdael is certainly the greatest and the most profound of the Dutch landscape painters.

From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall