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Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael painted this View of Alkmaar, depicting the Dutch town beneath a vast, cloud-filled sky. The low horizon emphasizes the dramatic cloudscape, a hallmark of Dutch landscape painting. Buildings and church towers punctuate the flat terrain while windmills dot the distance.
Ruisdael was the greatest Dutch landscape painter of the Golden Age, known for his atmospheric effects and emotional resonance. His work influenced English and French landscape painters for generations. This painting is held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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