View of Sailing Boats on a Lake

It is Sunday so let's move to the Hague; we are starting our special month with the Mauritshuis collection!  Enjoy!  :)

Salomon van Ruysdael’s favorite subject was the Dutch water landscape with rivers, ponds, and lakes. He painted it many times, often following an established pattern. He placed the horizon low and the clouds above in a diagonal line, thus creating a great sense of space and depth on a small scale. He also left the reddish-brown base visible here and there, which lends a quality of movement to the clouds.

Salomon van Ruysdael was the uncle of Jacob van Ruisdael, who became even more famous as a landscape painter.

P.S. If you love such beautiful marine scenes, check out our Sea, Ships & Beaches 50 Postcards Set.  :) 

P.P.S. We have collected some of the most famous seascapes in art history. Do you know all of them?