Landscape with a Church by a Torrent (Q20901925)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
landscape art (Q191163)
artist:
Jacob van Ruisdael (Q213612)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used:
oil paint (Q296955)
location of final assembly:
Netherlands (Q55)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.256
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: It is not known if Ruisdael considered his paintings to be social or moral commentary, for no documents from his lifetime indicate how the artist or his patrons interpreted the works. But in this painting dangerous rapids block access to the chapel, and severed logs litter the middleground, hinting at life’s transience and the challenge to reach salvation.
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