A Country Road
Artist: Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1600–1670)
Original Dimensions: 38 7/8" x 52 7/8"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1648) "In this mature work Van Ruysdael seems to follow the advice given to painters by Karel van Mander in 1604: "But above all do not forget to put small figures under tall trees. . . Make the countryside, the town, and the water full of activity, the houses inhabited, and the roads traveled." The composition, with its curving forms focused on a low bridge and trees sweeping up to clouds, is typical of the late 1640s: similar designs were employed by the artist's famous nephew, Jacob van Ruisdael, and by other Haarlem landscapists such as Pieter Molijn." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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