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.

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