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View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground
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View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground

Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael · c. 1650 - c. 1682 · canvas; oil paint (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Foreigners experience the flat Dutch landscape as having a straight, low horizon extending under a vast sky with billowing cumulus clouds. This is how Ruisdael painted the Haarlem skyline in the distance, recognizable by the high roof of St Bavo’s. Lengths of cloth bleaching in the sun lie at the foot of the dunes in the foreground. The Haarlem linen industry relied on the pure dune water.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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paintingcity-view in general'veduta'swamps and poldersbleaching (laundering)Haarlem
Credit lineGezicht op Haarlem uit het noordwesten, met de blekerijen op de voorgrond. c. 1650 - c. 1682. Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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