River Landscape with Ferry 1649
salomonvanruysdael
abandoned
river
charcoal drawing
possibly oil pastel
charcoal art
oil painting
acrylic on canvas
street graffiti
underpainting
horse
painting painterly
watercolor
Salomon van Ruysdael’s “River Landscape with Ferry” (1649) is a quintessential example of Dutch Golden Age landscape painting. The painting captures the beauty of a Dutch river scene with a meticulous attention to detail, including a ferry transporting passengers across the water, and a distant village with a church steeple in the background. Ruysdael's masterful use of light and shadow creates a sense of depth and atmosphere. The calm and peaceful composition reflects the artistic ideals of the time, which emphasized order and balance.
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With four horses, five dogs, two cows and eleven people on board, this slender ferry appears to be heavily loaded. The boats in the distance are also crowded with passengers. Salomon van Ruysdael was the interpreter par excellence of the flat, watery Dutch landscape. Here he used a tried-and-tested compositional formula: at right, a bank lined with tall trees, and at left, a body of water stretching out to the horizon.
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