Mountainous Landscape with a Torrent

Mountainous Landscape with a Torrent is an early 1670s landscape painting by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 619.[2]

Mountainous Landscape with a Torrent
French: Paysage montagneux avec torrent
ArtistJacob van Ruisdael
Completion dateearly 1670s
Mediumoil painting on canvas
MovementDutch Golden Age painting
Landscape painting
Dimensions92 cm × 115 cm (36 in × 45 in)[1]
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
Accession1911

The painting was bought in 1911 in Berlin from Thomas Agnew & Sons by Wilhelm von Bode with a fund from the legacy of the publisher and patron of the museum, Karl Trübner [fr]. The subject Ruisdael depicted – a dramatic landscape with "Nordic" (Scandinavian) elements and a castle on a hill, not found as such in the Low Countries – is inspired by works of Allaert van Everdingen, such as the imposing Nordic Landscape with a Castle on a Hill (also in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg).[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mandrella, David (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 253. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
  2. ^ "Paysage montagneux avec torrent". Base Joconde. Retrieved 18 August 2020.