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We are invited through the archway and yet there’s a warning. The dog appears unwilling to follow its owner into the ruin. The little girl holding the man’s hand looks up, as if enquiring why they are going into this eerie place and who the shadowy figure on the inside is. Van Ruisdael shows us a ruin in a landscape, but he is also creating a mood and appealing to our imagination.
Title
A Ruined Castle Gateway
Date
about 1650-5
Medium
Oil on oak stuck on to millboard, remounted on an oak panel
Measurements
H 46.7 x W 64.5 cm
Accession number
NG2562
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting