Jacob van Ruisdael

Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular. Born: 1628 or 1629 in Haarlem, Dutch Republic Died: 10 March 1682 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic