. What pictures to see in America. Fig. 1G3—-The Castle. Ruisdacl. The Art Institute, Chicago. ^^9l|r t»,». od IS D o 3 Si o C3 CHICAGO 253 as Ruisdael, the name of the castle and ad-joining hamlet from which they came. Very little is known of the personal historyof Jacob Van Ruisdael, the distinguished land-scape artist. The Ruisdael family, with all itsbranches, was a very large one and many ofthem bore the same given name and, to add tothe confusion, a number followed painting as aprofession. The best authorities say, however,that the great Jacob Van Ruisdael was bornin 1628 or 1629
. What pictures to see in America. Fig. 1G3—-The Castle. Ruisdacl. The Art Institute, Chicago. ^^9l|r t»,». od IS D o 3 Si o C3 CHICAGO 253 as Ruisdael, the name of the castle and ad-joining hamlet from which they came. Very little is known of the personal historyof Jacob Van Ruisdael, the distinguished land-scape artist. The Ruisdael family, with all itsbranches, was a very large one and many ofthem bore the same given name and, to add tothe confusion, a number followed painting as aprofession. The best authorities say, however,that the great Jacob Van Ruisdael was bornin 1628 or 1629 in Haarlem. When abouttwenty years old he was admitted to the Guildof Painters in Haarlem. When scarcely fiftyhis health was so precarious that he made awill in favor of his sister, provided she wouldpay their father certain sums due him. Underthe greatest discouragement and ill health hecontinued to produce masterpieces in greatnumbers—some four hundred and fifty areattributed to him. In 1681 we learn that hewas not only ill but in great want, so that hisfriends assisted in his support and gained ad-missio
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