Ruisdael gives two-thirds of the canvas to towering clouds above a low, luminous plain of linen bleaching fields. He made sky and weather the true heroes of landscape.

View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds

Jacob van Ruisdael

• Datec. 1665
• MovementDutch Golden Age
• WhereMauritshuis, The Hague
• RegionLow Countries · North