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Jacob van Ruisdael, (Dutch,1628/29–1682), 'Edge of a Forest with a Grain Field,' circa 1656, oil on canvas, 41 × 57 1/2 inches (104.1 × 146.1 cm). Image courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum.

Newly acquired Dutch masterpiece on display at Kimbell

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Jacob van Ruisdael, (Dutch,1628/29–1682), 'Edge of a Forest with a Grain Field,' circa 1656, oil on canvas, 41 × 57 1/2 inches (104.1 × 146.1 cm). Image courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum.
Jacob van Ruisdael, (Dutch,1628/29–1682), ‘Edge of a Forest with a Grain Field,’ circa 1656, oil on canvas, 41 × 57 1/2 inches (104.1 × 146.1 cm). Image courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has put its newly acquired landscape by a Dutch master on display.

The 17th century painting by Jacob van Ruisdael titled Edge of a Forest with Grainfield went on display Friday. Ruisdael is considered one of the greatest landscape painters. Ruisdael expert Seymour Slive calls the painting “a world-class masterpiece.”

Earlier this year the museum purchased the painting from Oxford University’s Worcester College, which had the work since 1811 when an alumnus donated it.

The painting, measuring about 3 feet by 5 feet, depicts billowing clouds above a scene featuring a stream with a forest on one side and a field on the other.

The Kimbell has put the work in an antique Dutch gilt frame.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF NOTE

Jacob van Ruisdael, (Dutch,1628/29–1682), 'Edge of a Forest with a Grain Field,' circa 1656, oil on canvas, 41 × 57 1/2 inches (104.1 × 146.1 cm). Image courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum.
Jacob van Ruisdael, (Dutch,1628/29–1682), ‘Edge of a Forest with a Grain Field,’ circa 1656, oil on canvas, 41 × 57 1/2 inches (104.1 × 146.1 cm). Image courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum.