ARTWORKS

A View of Deventer seen from the North-West

Salomon van Ruysdael (c.1602–1670)

The National Gallery, London

A View of Deventer seen from the North-West

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

How you can use this image

This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).

Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.

The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Buy a print or image licence

You can purchase this reproduction

If you have any products in your basket we recommend that you complete your purchase from Art UK before you leave our site to avoid losing your purchases.

Order a print

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Three small boats head up river, towards the rising sun. Their taut, curved sails are outlined against a cool, luminous sky as they lean with the wind. Moving clouds reveal a patch of intense blue that is reflected silvery grey on the translucent water below. Cattle wade up to their knees by the far bank, with a single white animal picked out in the growing light. Close to us, the corks of the drag net held by a fisherman in a rowing boat midstream bob on the water.

Van Ruysdael was one of a group of Dutch artists who, in the early seventeenth century, pioneered the painting of naturalistic scenes with vast skies; like them, he restricted his palette to a range of greens, greys and blues. They depicted what they saw but, at the same time, captured the essence of the Dutch landscape.

The National Gallery, London

London

Read more on The National Gallery, London
Title

A View of Deventer seen from the North-West

Date

1657

Medium

Oil on wood

Measurements

H 51.8 x W 76.5 cm

Accession number

NG6338

Acquisition method

Presented by William Edward Brandt, Henry Augustus Brandt, Walter Augustus Brandt and Alice Mary Bleecker in memory of Rudolph Ernst Brandt, 1962

Work type

Painting

Tags

See a tag that’s incorrect or offensive? Challenge it and notify Art UK.

Help improve Art UK. Tag artworks and verify existing tags by joining the Tagger community.

Learn more Tag this
Normally on display at

The National Gallery, London

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

This venue is open to the public. Not all artworks are on display. If you want to see a particular artwork, please contact the venue.
View venue

Artist or maker

Salomon van Ruysdael

c.1602–1670

View profile
  • River Landscape with a Sailing Boat Passing Cattle
    River Landscape with a Sailing Boat Passing Cattle Chequers Court
  • River Landscape with Sailing Boats Passing Cottages
    River Landscape with Sailing Boats Passing Cottages Chequers Court
  • A River Scene with a Ferry Boat
    A River Scene with a Ferry Boat National Trust, Polesden Lacey
  • The Horse Fair
    The Horse Fair Collection of the Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Wooded River Landscape
    Wooded River Landscape National Trust for Scotland, Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse & Garden
  • Sailing Boats on a River
    Sailing Boats on a River Guildhall Art Gallery
  • River Scene with a Ferry Boat
    River Scene with a Ferry Boat Walker Art Gallery
  • 32 more

Topics