In this beautifully illustrated book, Seymour Slive demonstrates Ruisdael’s unrivalled range and quality through a vivid evocation of his career not only as a painter, but also as a draftsman and etcher. Slive discusses the artist’s clientele, early collectors and critics, as well as his influence on another preeminent landscapist. John Constable.

No old master or modern artist begins to match the variety of landscapes Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682) depicted during the course of his career, nor his grandeur of conception and skill in portraying natural phenomena. His themes span identifiable towns, cities, and castles; rural scenes, both cultivated and wild; seascapes and shore scenes: rivers, bridges and sluices; rushing torrents and Scandinavian waterfalls.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Seymour Slive demonstrates Ruisdael’s unrivalled range and quality through a vivid evocation of his career not only as a painter, but also as a draftsman and etcher. Slive discusses the artist’s clientele, early collectors and critics, as well as his influence on another preeminent landscapist. John Constable.

Lenders to the Exhibition

Foreword

Author’s Acknowledgements

Editorial Note

Chronology

Essays

    Jacob van Ruisdael: Master Landscapist

    Ruisdael’s Clientele, Early Collectors and Critics

    Constable and Ruisdael

Catalogue

    Paintings

    Drawings

    Etchings

Appendix: Ruisdael’s Paintings in Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-

    Century Dutch Inventories and Sale Catalogues

Notes

Select Bibliography and Abbreviations

List of Exhibitions

Index