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The Jewish Cemetery Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650
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The Jewish Cemetery

Jacob van Ruisdael Β· 1650

Why it's great

Tombstones and ruins of a church stand in a stormy valley, with a waterfall and a rainbow in the sky. Jacob van Ruisdael painted it in about 1655, and the cemetery is a real one in Amsterdam.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Detroit Institute of ArtsDetroit, United States

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About the artist

Jacob van Ruisdael

1628–1682 Β· born in Haarlem

Jacob van Ruisdael was a Dutch landscape painter born in Haarlem in 1628. He painted windmills, forests, waterfalls and giant stormy skies, and his work inspired later painters like John Constable. He died in 1682.

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