Views of Amsterdam. Plate 3. De Meulen by de Blaeu brugh., 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

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