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The low horizon used in this landscape painting creates a sense of expansive sky and flat terrain, which is divided equally between river and land. Figures and animals engage in variety of activities on the riverbank and in boats, including fishing and ferrying cargo and animals. Silhouetted against the vast sky stands a fortress on a spur of land with an orange flag flying from its tower. The opposite bank is visible in the distance as a dark broken line across the shining stretch of water.
Salomon van Ruysdael
View of the Fortifications at Gennep on the Maas River
1665
Museum purchase in honor of Charles H. Sawyer made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2000/2.2
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