RUYSDAEL, Salomon van (b. ca. 1602, Naarden, d. 1670, Haarlem) River Scene 1632 Oil on canvas, 33,6 x 50,5 cm Kunsthalle, Hamburg In this painting the formation of trees and bushes on the bank almost seems to rise as a mirage from the motionless water. The whole picture, which is without a sharply drawn line, is a modulation within an almost monochromatic scale; while staying in the same greyish key, this monochromatism is only subtly adjusted towards the sky, where it acquires a bluish tinge, or towards the water with hints of blue and brown, while in the foliage on the bank a greenish grey
RUYSDAEL, Salomon van (b. ca. 1602, Naarden, d. 1670, Haarlem) River Scene 1632 Oil on canvas, 33,6 x 50,5 cm Kunsthalle, Hamburg In this painting the formation of trees and bushes on the bank almost seems to rise as a mirage from the motionless water. The whole picture, which is without a sharply drawn line, is a modulation within an almost monochromatic scale; while staying in the same greyish key, this monochromatism is only subtly adjusted towards the sky, where it acquires a bluish tinge, or towards the water with hints of blue and brown, while in the foliage on the bank a greenish grey predominates. In a distant haze the horizon is only vaguely discernible, which makes this calm picture into a harmony of air and water in which the shore, gently receding until it is lost to the eye, delineates a deep, wide space. So refined and delicate is this painting that one feels that it must be something more than a sensitive approximation to a real view along the bank of a Dutch river, early on a cool summer morning before the wind has blown the mist away. A concious aesthetic element is involved. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: RUYSDAEL, Salomon van Title: River Scene Time-line: 1601-1650 School: Dutch Form: painting Type: landscape
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Photo credit: © Carlo Bollo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 1600, 1600s, 17th, age, century, dutch, golden, landscape, painter, painting
