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Ruisdael
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Ruis·dael or Ruys·dael  (rzdäl, rs-, rous-), Jacob van 1628?-1682.
Dutch landscape painter whose baroque works, such as Windmill at Wijk (c. 1665), depict the majesty of nature.

Ruisdael, Ruysdael [ˈriːzdɑːl -deɪl ˈraɪz- (Dutch) ˈrœizdaːl]
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(Biographies / Ruisdael, Jacob van (?1628-1682) M, Dutch, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Jacob van (ˈjaːkɔp van). ?1628-82, Dutch landscape painter


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He probably learned the elements of painting from his father, and more specific techniques for sky and water from his uncle Salomon van Ruysdael, an eminent painter in his own right.
 
 
 
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