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DiaporamaRoad in the Dunes with a Passenger Coach (After the Rain)
Oil- WallArt
- Dutch Golden Age
1631- Early Modern
56.0 x 86.0 cm
Museum of Fine Arts
When Hendrick Goltzius made a few drawings of the coastal dunes near Haarlem in 1603, perhaps even he did not suspect he was starting a revolution in European landscape painting. Instead of the Italianate golden-age idylls, to the Haarlem masters it was the here-and-now that mattered, and they painted everyday Dutch flatlands: dunes, canals, village streets, and the sea. These had hitherto been considered unworthy as subjects for a picture, but now seemed appropriate for conveying the new idea of the nation. And to make the new relationship clear, the viewpoint was brought down from on high to the ground. Now the sky dominated the picture, and the moist air cast a veil over the landscape. The Haarlem landscapists are admired chiefly for their masterful suggestion of this humid atmosphere. Each artist was able to create a different mood. Of the two greatest masters it is said that in Jan van Goyen
Salomon van Ruysdael (1602 – 1670)
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About this artwork
- Title: Road in the Dunes with a Passenger Coach (After the Rain)
- Artist: Salomon van Ruysdael
- Year: 1631
- Original dimensions: 56.0 x 86.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Museum of Fine Arts
- Movement: Dutch Golden Age
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Main color: Sap Green
Quick Facts
- Artist: Salomon van Ruysdael
- Title: Road in the Dunes with a Passenger Coach
- Year: 1631
- Movement: Dutch Golden Age
- Subject or theme: Dutch flatlands, dunes, and everyday life
- Dimensions: 56 x 86 cm
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